CS371p Week of 7 Sep — 13 Sep

What did you do this past week?

In class, we learned about meta, eager, and lazy caches. We also learned the difference between using pointers, references, and primitive data types in try-catch blocks. We also learned the most efficient and best way to reduce errors with try-catch blocks is to throw the object(makes a copy)and catch a reference to that object so that a second copy doesn’t have to be made.

What’s in your way?

As of right now, I have gotten most of my work done for this upcoming week. The Collatz project was easy for me as I have done it in class before. The only work I have to do for this week is to get ready to start on the 2nd project and finish my Algorithms homework that is due Wednesday.

What will you do next week?

This upcoming week I will finish my Algorithms homework and start on the 2nd project for this class so I can hopefully get it done early.

What was your experience of Collatz, the starter code, the makefile, its optimizations, and exceptions? (this question will vary, week to week)

I really like the way Downing sets up our projects. It’s very intuitive to understand if you’ve used these tools before. I think that these projects prepare us well for the real world as they force us to use continuous integration.

What made you happy this week?

As much as people are upset about college football still taking place I’m glad that it gives me something to watch in my free time. This Fall has felt weird for everyone and it doesn’t even feel like the Fall semester, but watching the game from home gave me a feeling like it was Fall which was nice.

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

My pick-of-the-week is LottieFiles. It allows you to create and design interactive animations for your website. I used this a lot this past summer when I worked with my group in SWE, it made our lives much easier when developing our website.