CS373 Blog #10, Spring 2021

What did you do this past week?

This past week, I worked with my group to get IDB2 finished and turned in. It was a long process and took a while to do. In addition to completing the project, I also attended class and completed both the exercises that we had this week. My group and I spoke and scheduled another meeting to begin the next phase, and we also split up tasks to do so as well.

What’s in your way?

Currently, there is not much in my way. I need to make sure I am on task with my Phase 3 requirements, which includes keeping up with meetings and tasks that I have been assigned.

What will you do next week?

Next week, I will work on getting Phase 3 of this project done with my teammates. I need to make sure that I am on task and deliver my tasks early. I also have a lot of other work, as I am in a couple of other upper division classes, and I will work on getting projects finished for those classes as well. In addition to that, I also need to study for a couple of exams I have this week.

If you read it, what did you think of the Dependency Inversion Principle?

I think the Dependency Inversion Principle was a good concept to learn and read about. These readings always do a good job in helping me understand good coding practices, and due to this, such as how the Dependency Inversion Principle helps me realize that code should not always depend on other code to work.

What was your experience of +, *, ** and decorators? (this question will vary, week to week)

This week, I believe the concepts of +, *, ** and decorators were a little bit confusing, especially in relation to the exercise that we had to do this week. I am glad Professor Downing gave us another chance to do these exercises again and understand the concepts better.

What made you happy this week?

One thing that made me happy this week is the fact that I got to relax and spend some good time with my friends at the end of the week. The beginning of my week was very hectic, with a lot of deadlines concentrated at the same time. I am glad things calmed down a little bit and I got to relax.

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

My tip of the week is that if you have spent too much time trying to solve a prolem/issue with your code, take a break from it and come back later. Usually, having a fresh mind when coming back to the problem does the trick for me!