Your program must also contain at least the following four methods according to the following descriptions: (Note that your main method will consist primarily of calls to these four methods which will be imbedded in a loop.

Methods:

displayInstructions will tell the user what the program does, what to input, and what will be displayed as a result of running the program. It will not return any value nor will it need any formal parameters.
getYear has no formal parameters. It asks the user to input a year and then returns that year as an integer value.

isLeap has a formal integer parameter, year. It determines if a year is a leap year, and then returns a Boolean value (true or false) depending on whether the year is a leap year or not. How to determine if a year is a leap year? A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, but not divisible by 100, except when it is divisible by 400. (Hint: think about using the modulus operator here.)

displayResults has two formal parameters, the year and a boolean variable containing the value returned from method isLeap. This method will not need to return a value. It will simply display the year and display whether or not that year is a leap year.

Methods:

displayInstructions will tell the user what the program does, what to input, and what will be displayed as a result of running the program. It will not return any value nor will it need any formal parameters.
getYear has no formal parameters. It asks the user to input a year and then returns that year as an integer value.

isLeap has a formal integer parameter, year. It determines if a year is a leap year, and then returns a Boolean value (true or false) depending on whether the year is a leap year or not. How to determine if a year is a leap year? A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, but not divisible by 100, except when it is divisible by 400. (Hint: think about using the modulus operator here.)

displayResults has two formal parameters, the year and a boolean variable containing the value returned from method isLeap. This method will not need to return a value. It will simply display the year and display whether or not that year is a leap year.

I teach at a middle school, and I regularly have my students read and evaluate work done by their peers. Most of the times, those evaluations take the form of written comments to the author of the work. I take grades on the ability of the evaluator to offer appropriate and constructive criticism. I would not allow a comment such as “that is the ugliest site I have ever seen” in my classroom. In fact, I make it very clear that a comment like that will receive a failing grade. A comment like that, even if it is explained later, is just asking for a response in kind.

Just my opinion.

Look, this is not the usual forum for proving feedback to a site owner; It’s more of a conversation with friends. I would never make such a statement in a formal setting. When macournoyer asked, “…what don’t you like about it?” I was polite and gave specific example of what I thought needed to be modified. I even pointed out a couple of things that I liked about the site. To say I’m “bad ppl” just because I offered my opinion is childish.

I won’t visit the site again nor will I tell my friends or co-workers about it (did I mention that I’m a professional application developers? Actually, I’m a Application Team Lead). If someone mentions the site to me I’ll reply that that site creator is a jerk.

I wash my hands of the whole situation.

Just my opinion.

I’m sorry I sound like someone who doesn’t accept critisism. But “the ugliest site I have ever seen” is not the kind of feedback that helps making a website better.

I’m glad my reply can make ppl like this be reluctant to return to the site.

My site is driven by user feedback since day one, almost everything you see in there was a user suggestion. And I’ll do all I can to keep bad ppl off the site.

Just a friendly suggestion macournoyer — when you get feedback such as “the ugliest site I have ever seen,” take what you can from it. Perhaps what Cory said was exagerated a bit because there has GOT to be an uglier site out there, but the point behind that comment is that the look of the site is keeping him from using it. Take that and then ask yourself, “what can I do to make this more visually appealing for more of my users.” I know how hard it is when someone has critisized your hard work, but try to realize that first impressions are important and that was Cory’s. Ultimately it’s your site and you can do what you want, but perhaps there are others out there who share Cory’s opinion and would be more inclined to return if it were a little easier on the eyes?