The CS Journey of Quoc Khanh Ho

     This is the final week of CST 338, and honestly, at the beginning of the semester I had no idea how I was going to pass this class. Looking back at HW1 now, I can clearly see how much I’ve improved since then.      One big win for me is feeling way more confident with Java. At the start, I would get really frustrated whenever I ran into bugs. Now, I’m much better at figuring out what went wrong and fixing issues instead of feeling stuck.      Another victory is my understanding of inheritance and object-oriented programming. I struggled a lot with inheritance methods earlier in the semester, but now I actually understand how extending classes works and how everything connects together. I also feel more comfortable using access modifiers and organizing my code.     I also really enjoyed working with Android Studio. Making Android apps was fun, and seeing my kids excited to play the apps I built was a great feeling. It made all t...

     This week I worked with my team eight which includes Sharmain, David, Jael, and Sylvia. It was the first time in this class that I got to collaborate with a group on one project, and it honestly taught me a lot about communication and how different problem solving styles can work together.    For my approach, I wanted to plan everything out before writing any code. I started by sketching out a UML diagram and thinking through how the whole program should be structured. Having the layout on paper helped me feel more confident before touching Java.    My teammates had different ways of approaching the assignment. For example, Sharmain liked checking other source online, looking for similar project worked well for her, while planning everything first worked better for me. Once we combined our strategies, things started to make more sense. My structure helped us stay organized, and their reference based method helped guide us when we were not sure how...