CS371p Spring 2022: Vincent Huynh

Week of 14 Feb — 20 Feb

1. What did you do this past week? This past week I was able to turn in assignments in my other classes and find a partner for the Voting project. I also watched the UT men’s basketball game — it was close, but unfortunately, we lost.
2. What’s in your way? The temperature changes this week made my allergies pretty bad, but other than that I’m fine.
3. What will you do next week? Next week I will be balancing working on projects for 3 CS classes and studying for an exam in Foundations of Business Law and Ethics. I also will keep going to the gym with my friends as well.
4. What did you think of Paper #5: Single Responsibility Principle? I like how the single responsibility principle is able to distinguish the different responsibilities of objects that we would group together in everyday life. I think it makes a lot of sense and am looking forward to applying it in the future.
5. What was your experience of l-values, r-values, pointers, and references? (this question will vary, week to week) I had not thought much about l and r values before, but now I am much more aware of how they interact with operators. I think its interesting that there are some things that only work in C++ but not in Java or Python. I think pointers and references are essential to programming in C++, so I am glad I was able to refresh on it.
6. What made you happy this week? I was happy this week that Genshin Impact had a big update, version 2.5. A new character I wanted was released, and I was able to get them (unfortunately, after losing a 50/50.) I also finished the new story quests and the event as well.
7. What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week? VSCode Liveshare is a great feature that I use to collaborate in real-time with my groupmates. It has convenient features like GitHub login and following the driver when following pair programming rules. I think it is especially relevant now that the pandemic often forces us to collaborate remotely.