CS371p Spring 2022: Vincent Huynh
Week of 7 Feb — 13 Feb
- What did you do this past week?
This past week I finished the Collatz Project and turned it in, and I also turned in an assignment for my Cloud Computing class as well. Because I was finishing up projects, I was not able to go to the gym as much as last week, but I will definitely keep trying to be consistent.
2. What’s in your way?
There isn’t anything in my way right now, but if I did have to pick something it would be the traffic on MLK. The construction makes it so hard to drive around.
3. What will you do next week?
Next week I will continue working on my assignments and continue going to the gym. I’m excited to start working with a group in my classes now, especially after reading the pair programming paper.
4. What did you think of Paper #4: Pair Programming?
I think pair programming is an important skill to have, especially because as programmers we will need to collaborate with each other on projects. I like that pair programming is not about competing for who’s code is better and instead focuses on enhancing the driver’s code to be as good (and error-free) as possible.
5. What was your experience of exceptions and StrCmp? (this question will vary, week to week)
I think exceptions and StrCmp are both very useful. I am more aware of the different representations of strings in C++ now and when to use which.
6. What made you happy this week?
There is a food truck near Dobie called Pinch that just reopened about a week ago, and it is one of my favorite food trucks. I got some lunch there the other day — I highly recommend the Spicy Mayo Chicken!
7. What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
I found some accounts on Instagram recently that make generative art with p5.js. I was reminded of this website I used to use https://openprocessing.org/ where you can code generative art and share it. Here is my page: https://openprocessing.org/user/233566?view=sketches. I think it’s really cool when we are able to apply programming to other fields, especially the arts.
