CST426S Week 8 [FINAL]

Ooops. Forgot to update these.

    Since I last made a blog post, I learned a great deal more about computer science. I am way more interested in web development, and had a great opportunity working with Eat for the Earth to create a better website. For my capstone project, I am more interested in making a web app resource for my TTRPG, to make it more accessible and easier to parse its content. Tentatively, the name of it is "Monstery Manual", because my TTRPG is called Monstery Dungeon. Might not do well with SEO using that name, so I will come up with a better name later. If you're familiar with Draw Steel's online resource Forge Steel, or LANCER RPG's online resource COMP/CON, it will be very similar to those and draw much of its design inspirations from them.

    CST462S was very informative by teaching students how to work in a professional environment. The experience was a lot more laid-back than I expected, but might be because I worked with a non-profit. I greatly enjoyed my time working, to the point of continuing work with the site after this course. I want to get the website up and running, and wasn't able to contribute as much as I wanted because I went on vacation at the beginning of week 6. 

    The biggest challenge for me was learning how to use WordPress and Divi, the website builder. I wasn't too interested in just using a website builder for the project, but kept it to preserve accessibility to the admin and others who will work on the project.

    For future SL students, I believe that this course is something you don't want to miss. It helps build an understanding for how to work in a professional environment if you don't have that experience already. I believe I am in a better position now to find an internship in this field than before this course. 

Isopod Update: I have too many. Too many.

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