DP – Design Patterns, Not Dynamic Programming
29 Nov 2018
Would you Rather… As you are working on your final project for your Software Engineering class, you run into a problem (something is probably undefined again). Option A: Spend hours on end attempting to fix the problem with your limited...
Learning
Design Patterns
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Frame of Mind
04 Oct 2018
Initial Impression When I used a UI Framework for the first time, I was amazed at how quickly I could create a decent looking site, even though I was still a beginner. I will never go back to using raw...
Learning
UI Frameworks
Semantic UI
HTML
CSS
IntelliJ Idea
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Conform to the Standards
20 Sep 2018
The ESLint Experience We have just started using ESLint with IntelliJ Idea in my ICS 314 class, and it can be… difficult. As I am writing out my code, ESLint will keep nagging that a declared variable was not used...
Learning
Coding Standards
ESLint
IntelliJ Idea
Javascript
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How to be Smart... when asking questions
05 Sep 2018
Growing up, we have always been encouraged to ask questions. Teachers have always said, “There are no dumb questions.” However, Eric Steven Raymond, the author of How to Ask Questions the Smart Way, would beg to differ. His essay explains...
Learning
StackOverflow
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Learning JavaScript
30 Aug 2018
JavaScript In my opinion, JavaScript is an exceptional programming language because it is extremely flexible. You never have to explicitly express the type of any variable, whether you are declaring it or using it as a parameter. As I was...
Learning
JavaScript
Athletic software engineering
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