Is This the End?
03 May 2023
My reflection on software engineering in my last semester before graduation. For this project, we were tasked with creating a web app for the ICS department at the University of Hawaii. Room Directory includes information about the faculty, offices, and...
questions
software engineering
self-assessment
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Me, But Better (at least in Software Engineering)
12 May 2022
“Maybe it’s because of COVID?” I’ve asked myself this for months whenever I doubted if pursuing a CS degree was the right fit. Completing ICS 314 confirmed that even if it doesn’t feel like the right fit, I am capable...
Open Source Code
Software Engineering
Agile Project Management
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Use The Giant and Use Design Patterns
28 Apr 2022
We Stand On the Shoulders of Giants This is a common metaphor used to advocate for utilizing the knowledge of those who came before us to achieve more progress. It would be wrong to not be aware of these teachings...
design patterns
reuse
frameworks
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Frameworks Are Young and So Are We!
24 Feb 2022
Things are getting easier! Kanye West once said: Time is extremely valuable and I prefer to waste it If Kanye West were a software engineer, he probably would have wrote this instead: Time is extremely valuable and I prefer to...
UI Frameworks
Semantic UI
Web Development
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Why Your ICS TA Took So Long to Grade
09 Feb 2022
This is my formal apology to all previous ICS TAs for having to read my code before I learned about coding standards and code validating tools (No wonder it always took forever to grade our homework). After this module, my...
eslint
intellij
coding standards
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Why Your Questions Might Be Dumb
27 Jan 2022
Just as the saying goes, there are no dumb questions. However, there are dumb ways of asking questions Smart Answers Respond to Smart Questions Most of us ask questions with the expectation of receiving a “good” answer. In order to...
questions
stackoverflow
self-assessment
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What tools do you have in your toolbox?
20 Jan 2022
Stop asking yourself if you’re good enough and start asking yourself if you have the right tools to be a successful software engineer As I get back into the swing of coding, I wanted to set some goals toward improving...
Skills
Learning
Software Engineering
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Loving JavaScript, Hating JavaScript
16 Jan 2022
Loving JavaScript, Hating JavaScript: Learning to like coding again Programming for the first time is not an easy task. Like any new adventure, there will be difficulties, triumphs, and growth. Expectations as a High Schooler The very first programming course...
software engineering
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