CS371p Spring 2021: Keegan Franklin
Blog 3
What did you do this past week?
This past week I started working on Collatz. I intended to do more than I ended up doing, but it was nice to start working on something before the day it’s due. I also continued working on my computer networks project with my partner. Outside of school, I got a couple of errands that I was putting off done.
What’s in your way?
There’s not much in my way, but I will say that C++ will take some getting used to, I’m already not really a fan. Homework is also piling up, so I need to work on my time management skills.
What will you do next week?
Next week, I will finish Collatz, hopefully finish my networks project, and start studying for some quizzes that I have near the end of the week.
If you read it, what did you think of the Continuous Integration?
Although I’ve already read it before, it really reinforced how important continuous integration is for software development.
What was your experience of Collatz?
Thankfully, Collatz isn’t a very challenging project, so even though I don’t have a lot done, I should be able to finish it quickly. As far as the collatz conjecture itself is concerned, I think it’s interesting that there still isn’t a formal proof for it, yet they’ve proven it for numbers all the way up to 2⁶⁸!
What was your experience of exceptions?
Overall, it seems like exceptions function mostly the same in C++ as they do in other languages, so I’m not too worried about them. I do need to make it a point to remember to order my catch blocks correctly.
What made you happy this week?
I visited the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for the first time! The weather was really nice this week, so it was a great time to get out and get some fresh air.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
This doesn’t really help for the first project, but for future projects I recommend using visual studio live share. Remote collaboration is more difficult now than it normally is, so this is a great way to work on code with others in real-time!
