02-03 Jurassic Park -

[piercebhunt]

In this assignment, you will be creating a console application that manages a zoo full of dinosaurs.

Objectives

• Practice control structures.
• Practice data structures.
• Practice working with user data.
• Practice with LINQ.
• Practice with OOP concepts.

Requirements

• Create a console application that manages the dinosaurs in your zoo.

Explorer Mode

• [ ] Create a class to represent your dinosaurs. The class should have the following properties

  • [ ] Name
  • [ ] DietType - This will be "carnivore" or "herbivore"
  • [ ] WhenAcquired - This will default to the current time when the dinosaur is created
  • [ ] Weight - How heavy the dinosaur is in pounds.
  • [ ] EnclosureNumber - the number of the pen the dinosaur is currently in

• [ ] Add a method Description to your class to print out a description of the dinosaur to include all of its properties. Create an output format of your choosing.

• [ ] Your dinosaurs will be stored in a List<Dinosaur>.

• [ ] When the console application runs, it should let the user choose one of the following actions:

  • [ ] View
  • This command will show the all the dinosaurs in the list, ordered by WhenAcquired
  • [ ] Add
  • This command will let the user type in the information for a dinosaur and add it to the list
  • [ ] Remove
  • This command will prompt the user for a dinosaur name then find and delete the dinosaur with that name.
  • [ ] Transfer
  • This command will prompt the user for a dinosaur name and a new EnclosureNumber and update that dino's information.
  • [ ] Summary
  • [ ] This command will display the number of carnivores and the number of herbivores.
  • [ ] Quit
  • [ ] This will stop the program

Adventure Mode

• [ ] Add an option to view the Dinosaurs acquired after a given date (to be given by the user).
• [ ] Add an option to view all the Dinosaurs in a given enclosure number.

Epic Mode

• [ ] Learn how to read and write from a file. At the start of the program load all the dinosaurs from a file. When the program ends write out all the dinosaurs to the same file.

[piercebhunt]

https://github.com/huntpie/JurassicPark

[piercebhunt]

Your homework 02-03 Jurassic Park - was marked: Meets Expectations

“Well done!”

[gstark]

Good work! I don't think you are calling your LoadAllDinosaurs method so your CSV isn't being read at the start of the program.