CS 373: Fall 2020 Week of Oct 12 — Oct 18

What did you do this past week?

This week I studied for many hours for the exam. I wasn’t able to get as much work done on the project as I would have liked, but I’m hoping to do more this evening. I also attended class on Monday and did the assigned reading and blog post.

What’s in your way?

Nothing right now. This week I was very busy and short on time. Currently, to work on the project I need to finish my group’s REST API implementation with Flask, but I'm familiar with the technologies and should be able to complete this tonight.

What will you do next week?

Next week I will finish our group’s REST API, write unit tests for our project’s back-end, and likely help with front-end development as well. I will also, as always, attend class, complete the assigned reading, and complete the weekly blog post.

If you read it, what did you think of The Liskov Substitution Principle?

The Liskov Substitution Principle was an interesting read. I enjoy thinking about object-oriented design principles. The article did seem very similar to last week’s.

What was your experience with Test #1? (this question will vary, week to week)

I thought test #1 was challenging but fair. I studied a lot building up to the exam and feel like I did pretty well. Time was definitely my biggest issue, but with an open resource exam, I understand why time is a necessary constraint.

What made you happy this week?

Lots of small things. Specifically in this class, I really appreciated the understanding my group members had towards each other’s busy schedules as well as everyone taking initiative and doing their parts in a timely way.

What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

My tip of the week is using YouTube as well as google when learning to program something very new. Typically I try and stay away from it because it tends not to be as fast a learning tool as reading, but watching someone code and seeing it work can really help sometimes.