CST338 - Week 9 & 10

Week 9 - New Course CST338

    I started the new class CST338 - Software Design last week! I didn't write anything down last week but I will do so here.  I had to relearn many concepts of Java for this class, but fortunately I remember most of what is being worked on so far. I do enjoy a more hands-on coding class that we have going on here.

    The git commands we used in Lab00 are: 
git add .
git status
git commit -m "commit description"
git checkout -b BranchName

Week 10 - CodingBat Work Reflection

    The major challenges for the codingBat homework that I encountered started in String-2. xyzThere was where it started to go downhill for me. I find creating a loop that contains the correct length a bit hard for my head to wrap around. I tried a few different methods: first, a single for loop to check if .xyz existed. It then spiraled into multiple separate for loops to find xyz, then .xyz, checking if .xyz is at the end, etc. I settled on looking up the function .endsWith() and .contains() to simplify the process, arriving at a much simpler answer. Throwing for loops at everything sometimes isn't the right answer. I took a while on this problem before solving it with 2 very simple if statements. (image below)

progress graph of the String-2 problem "xyzThere".
     

    I planned on completing more than 3 stars for this section, but I decided to work on other assignments instead. Ultimately, I do wish to complete all the stars in the CodingBat site by the end of this course.

Isopod Update: I got white sharks for a great deal! They are super tiny, I hope they do well in their new home.

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