CS 373 Fall 2021 Week 8/30

What did you do this past week?

This week I had my first office hours for the class I TA for, CS 312. I also started the Collatz assignment and managed to pass the HackerRank test cases. I got assigned my first homework assignment for iOS mobile programming and started thinking about how to work that out.

What's in your way?

I need to finish this blog, then I need to create my acceptance and unit tests for Collatz. I also need to start on my iOS mobile programming assignment which is in Swift, and I need to read up on the syntax for that language.

What will you do next week?

My goal for this next week is to finish the Collatz assignment, finish my iOS mobile computing homework, and start grading the first homework assignment for CS 312. I'll also need to host my office hours and prepare for the first discussion section for that class.

If you read it, what did you think of the Paper #2: Makefile?

I always though Makefiles were an interesting concept and I'm glad I get to have more practice using them. I wish at some point I'll be able to get practice writing one from scratch, since I only really have experience using one that's already been provided.

What was your experience of assertions, unit tests, and coverage? 

I have experience with these since I took Object Oriented Programming last semester and we also used these tool when we did our projects, although the C++ equivalent.

What made you happy this week?

This week I played video games with my brother, who came back in town to visit. My dad also came to visit me here in Austin so I got to spend time with my family which was nice!

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

My pick of the week is this site called Piazza. You can use Piazza for class work (much like we use Ed Discussion for) but you can also use Piazza for recruiting. I've gotten interviews from Facebook because some Facebook recruiters reached out to me via piazza after setting my my piazza account for recruiting. I would highly recommend anyone who's interesting in job hunting in the SWE field to use Piazza!


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