CS 373 Spring 2021 Week 10: Melanie De La Cruz

What did you do this past week?

This past Monday I worked with my group to finish up Phase 2 of the IDB project. I spent most of the day working on that, but we managed to get it done and turned in on time. I also had an exam in another class on Thursday that I spent much of Tuesday and Wednesday preparing for.

What’s in your way?

I was super tired for a couple of days after finishing Phase 2, so I have not been able to get as much work done as I wanted to. This next week will be busy for me, as I have a paper due on Monday and an exam on Thursday.

What will you do next week?

This next week I will complete assignments for my classes and prepare for my exam on Thursday. I will also meet with my group to work on Phase 3 of the IDB project since it is due in less than two weeks.

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

The Dependency Inversion Principle paper helped me to recognize several possible sources of bad design in code. After reading through the examples, I now understand why high level modules should not depend on the details of lower level modules and how to make sure my code conforms to this principle.

What was your experience of +, *, **, and decorators?

I found these concepts to be confusing when they were first introduced in class, but they make a little more sense now after doing the exercises this week. I can see how these concepts would be useful in future code that I write and I plan to look over the notes from last week again so I can getter a better understanding of them.

What made you happy this week?

I got scheduled to get my first dose of the covid vaccine this next week on Monday! It feelslike this pandemic has been going on forever, but it feels like we are getting close to an end now as more people are able to get vaccinated.

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

react-icons has a bunch of popular icons that you can include in your React projects. My group used some of these icons for our website and I think it helps provide a visual cue of what your data is representing.