CSUMB CS Online Learning Journal Blog
This week, my work was pushed into the main Open Energy Dashboard development branch, marking the end of my work with OED. I also completed my capstone video, which was presented on Saturday 12/10. I also submitted my final ILP and Report, as well as the Capstone Portfolio assignment. As such, the only work left … Read more
This week, I made progress in implementing new tests for web API readings in OED. I was able to create testing data and run some tests on data returned from the API. After meeting with my advisor, we discussed next steps to elevate the tests to test on more varied data using csv files generated … Read more
In your own words, what is TDD about? TDD, or, Test Driven Development, serves to increase productivity in a project by giving a precise guideline for the codebase to meet, allowing developers to essentially “tick boxes” to meet requirements. What is a MOCK (also called DOUBLE) and how does it help in unit testing? A … Read more
This week’s module covered two main topics: forking processes in a Unix environment, and how an operating system schedules CPU time for processes. This week’s lab was a good hands on learning experience with forking; specifically, we used the fork/sleep/exec system calls in Linux. We also went over many methods of CPU scheduling, including First … Read more
Video Project Planning This week, my team began planning for our final video presentation. We met over Zoom and used a collaborative Google Doc in order to create an outline for the videos. This outline contains each section of the video, how long these sections should be, and which team member will be responsible for … Read more
Review and Reflect Learning Strategy In the article “Effective Study Skills”, Dr. Bob Kizlik discusses various study strategies for students. Among these strategies, I noticed some that I have used in the pass with great success, and some that I have either not heard of, or ones that I wouldn’t consider to be a strong … Read more