CS 373 Spring 2021: Kent Hansen #4

1. What did you do this past week?

This past week was a lot less busy for me. For SWE, I kept up with the lectures and starting thinking about the upcoming project.

2. What’s in your way?

For now nothing is in my way, just waiting for more info on the web development project.

3. What will you do next week?

Next week I will communicate with my team and start brainstorming ideas for the web project. After that, we will begin implementing the first steps.

4. If you read it, what did you think of the Pair Programming?

I have read the Pair Programming paper in a few classes now and I always appreciate the approach it advocates for. I’ve often found in my own experience that pair programming is rewarding and effectve.

5. What was your experience of types? (this question will vary, week to week)

I learned a lot this week in our discussion about types in Python. I did not know the details of the implementation of data types in Python and learning about it makes it easier to use them effectively. I think it’s interesting that each language takes a slightly different approach to typing and Python’s approach seems particularly intuitive.

6. What made you happy this week?

I’ve had a very calm and easy-going week so far, and it looks like that will continue now that classes have been cancelled the next couple of days. I’m hoping to enjoy some free time before the semester picks up again.

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

My pick-of-the-week for this week is a resource I found last year which provides a very comprehensive course to learn fullstack development. It has sections on React, writing a Node server, GraphQL, Typescript, React Native, and a ton more with lots of exercises to learn the content. It’s the best thing I’ve found to learn web development skills and it’s completely free. https://fullstackopen.com/en/