What did you do this past week?
This week we added sorting, filtering, and searching to the backend. Luckily it was pretty straightforward to do.
What’s in your way?
Besides this course, I have 2 exams coming up tomorrow along with phase 3 and OOP on Wednesday. Thankfully I’ve been preparing enough such that everything should get done with time to spare.
What will you do next week?
After Wednesday, my week will be pretty relaxing. Next weekend I plan to go to Austin to see a few close friends that graduated last year I’ve been missing for months now. We’ve all been quarantining, and taking our health very seriously, and I think we will all be relieved to feel a bit of normalcy again.
If you read it, what did you think of The Interface Segregation Principle?
I have yet to get around to it. I plan to read it after I finish writing this blog as well as the one for software engineering.
What was your experience of instance methods, class methods, static methods, regular expressions, and relational algebra?
The various types of methods are interesting, but nothing crazy to grasp. Regular expressions are among the most mind numbing aspects of programming I can think of, and this is the fourth or fifth class I’ve taken that’s had this presented to me. I’ve learned the rules, and if I ever need to remember what a certain expression does I’m at a place where I can easily look it up and implement what I need. Relational algebra is another concept that has been done over and over again, this time it’s just being presented to me in the context of Python.
What made you happy this week?
I was glad this week to have just simply meet my deadlines and get work done. Knowing that I’m preparing to have time off for a specific short term reason is an excellent motivator.
What’s your tip of the week?
My tip of the week is just to be helpful to others. Explaining concepts you’re familiar with cements it in your own memory as well as bettering the understanding of others.
