CS 373 Fall 2022: Fernando Mercado - Week 4

 

What did you do this past week?

I finished up Collatz this week and while I got a bit behind last weekend, was able to catch up for the most part in all of my classes. I have been focusing on applying for jobs and doing LeetCode problems for interviews. I'm on the UT curling team and we lost our first game as a team on Friday so that was a bummer but the streak we had leading up to the loss was a great accomplishment.

What's in your way?

After a brief setback last weekend, there is hopefully nothing in my way for this week, so as long as I stay on top of things I should be good to go.

What will you do next week?

I will get started on project 2 this week and meet my team. I will also be working more on the design document for my iOS app. Like I said in my last blog, my focus will be on starting as early as possible and doing things in a timely manner. I will study LeetCode some more and try to set myself up for success in all of my classes.

What did you think of Paper #4: Pair Programming?

Pair programming is something I have fortunately gotten a LOT of experience doing thanks to UTCS' love of the practice. Reading the paper, I agreed with a lot of the things it had to say about pair programming, and I wondered how common it is in corporate settings seeing as I haven't seen much about it or heard much from my friends who did internships last summer.

What was your experience of containers and iterators?

I am familiar with these principles and enjoyed hearing more about them in class. It's great that in python, all of the data structures have their iterators built into them, which is a huge time-saver. I remember when I first learned iterators, they seemed a bit convoluted but now that I am more familiar with them, it was good to get a quick refresher on them.

What made you happy this week?

Nothing too interesting this week happened to me, but finishing up my work and being able to get on Minecraft with my friends was nice.

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

In game development, a good practice is to store character attributes in CSV files, such that you can edit/add without changing the code.

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