Essays

Stay On Track

14 Dec 2023

Link to Spreadsheet: Spreadsheet 1. How did you make your effort estimates? Did you draw on your experience on how much effort it took for similar things you have done in the past? In the beginning of the project, I...

Project Effort Estimation

Pretty SWEet

05 Dec 2023

Introduction Over the duration of this class, I have learned many principles of software engineering that I will be able to apply to my future career. This class has given me a brief overview of the process and work of...

Reflection Software Engineering

There's a Pattern

29 Nov 2023

Introduction Design patterns are similar to a blueprint of a building. In a building, there are various rooms / spaces with different purposes, functionality and aesthetic. The spaces may be different, but they still add to the buildings architecture to...

Reflection Design Patterns

A Mind of Its Own

18 Nov 2023

Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a very useful tool that can change education by redefining the way we approach learning and understanding. The use of AI in education can be used in any subject/topic to give students the information that...

Reflection Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Design and Envision

03 Oct 2023

Introduction User Interface (UI) Frameworks are no walk in the park! They can be hard to learn, almost like a new programming languague. Some might ask, why bother using UI frameworks, like Bootstrap 5? What are the benefits of using...

Reflection UI Frameworks

Code in Style

18 Sep 2023

What is Coding Style? Coding style are guidelines that developers follow while writing code. The goal of coding style is to make code more readable and to keep consistency throughout different projects. This is especially important in team based projects...

Reflection Coding Style

Curiosity to Clarity

05 Sep 2023

What Are Smart Questions? Smart questions are questions made with more thought / detail, allowing people to help you more easily. Examples of a Good and Bad Question: Bad Question: In this forum post on StackOverflow, the user asks why...

Reflection Smart Questions

WODid You Learn?

04 Sep 2023

Summary Something that I learned when preparing for the WOD is the javascript syntax. It was my first time using javascript, so doing the freecodecamp excercises really helped. During the WOD, I noticed that my coding skills are pretty rusty....

WOD Reflection

Embrace Challenge

29 Aug 2023

My thoughts on: Javascript While using Javascript, it reminded me of using a mixture of python and Java. I’ve been liking the syntanx of javascript because it reminds of java and some of the functions that you can use remind...

Reflection Javascript WoDs

Passion and Proficiency

28 Aug 2023

Interest Some of my interests are software development, web design / development, mobile app development, and videogame design. During the summer, I tried making my own website. I did not end up finishing it, but it gave me a little...

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