04 Jun 2020
Session 1 I did a remote programming session with Quinne, Angeli and Hanna on Saturday 5/30 for about 45 minutes. Together we used Zoom with Screen Sharing and FlooBits to go over our Mockups and Markdown files. Each of us...
23 May 2020
Code.org Code.org is a non-profit which aims to engage students in CS through coding lessons, outreach to schools, and events. Their Hour of Code event takes place once a year and uses online tutorials to teach coding globally. The interesting...
20 May 2020
In evaluating the different options available to us when choosing a native app framework to use, there are a variety of factors to consider. First, what are the languages and frameworks the development kit is based on and how does...
20 May 2020
Returning to Radgrad I found a lot of useful features and resources that I either wasn’t aware of or didn’t remember. For me the project is very well-designed and fairly easy to navigate but has a lot to improve upon...
24 Apr 2019
What are Design Patterns As a budding software engineer develops their skills there comes a certain point where it becomes important to transition from learning about the purely functional aspects of programming, to the more theoretical aspects. I feel I...
20 Feb 2019
Anyone who has used raw HTML and CSS in the past knows just how painful it can be. Of course understanding and experiencing these building blocks of the web is extremely important and I believe one should develop a firm...
06 Feb 2019
As a novice software developer, utilizing coding standards often seems to be over the top when one is struggling just to learn. However the farther along I get, the more merit I see in adhering strictly to a set of...
22 Jan 2019
As a budding software engineer, learning to ask questions the right way is an extremely important skill to know. Any programmer will tell you resources such as Google and Stack Overflow are invaluable tools for learning and problem solving during...
16 Jan 2019
Adjusting to Javascript As a complete newbie to programming in Javascript the adjustment has been somewhat strange, although most aspects are similar to previous languages I have used. In the past I have experienced programming in Java and C for...