Essays

Round 2!

11 Dec 2023

Back for Round 2 I always had an interest in web development since HTML was the first language I learned. Therefore, this semester, I decided to sign up for Round 2 (ICS 414), which was a continuation of ICS 314...

Reflection

Week 16 - Crossed Off

12 May 2023

This semester, I kept a post-it note to keep track of the current week number. As I crossed off week 16 (the last week of the semester before finals), I cannot believe how fast this semester flew by. As ICS...

Reflection Configuration Management Agile Project Management Ethics in Software Engineering

What do you want to eat tonight?

27 Apr 2023

The dreaded question As someone that is indecisive and does not really like to cook, the question that I disliked being asked is what I want to eat, especially by my boyfriend. For whatever reason, dinnertime is the meal that...

Design Patterns Reflection

Trying to make these columns align...

23 Feb 2023

Bootstrap For the past week, we have been learning about Bootstrap 5, which was my first exposure to front-end frameworks. Front-end frameworks are intended to make web development easier because they include predesigned “templates” for you to build on and...

Bootstrap 5 Reflection UI Frameworks

Why did I write that before??

09 Feb 2023

As long as it works, right? Coding standards are rules/guidelines for developers to follow to achieve cleaner and readable code. I did not realize how important coding standards were until I was working on a personal project. Because the code...

Coding standards Reflection IntelliJ

What Not to Say: PLZ HELP ME

26 Jan 2023

No such thing as a Stupid Question? I know we all heard of the common phrase, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question.” However, when asking technical questions on an online forum, like Stack Overflow, it does challenge this...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

Thank you, Neopets!

18 Jan 2023

How it all started Honestly, my interest in web development stemmed from my adventures in playing Neopets. Neopets is a virtual pet website that was launched in late 1999. I wanted to learn HTML solely because I wanted to customize...

Javascript Reflection Learning