CS373p Spring 2021: Shan Rizvi

What did you do this past week?

This past week my group and I finished phase 3 and turned it in. I found that this phase was a bit challenging but still much less difficult and time consuming than phase 2. Unlike for the last phase, this time we finished most of the work well ahead of schedule so there wasn’t much stress on the due date. Other than for this class, I met up with some old friends from high school which was pretty great.

2. What’s in your way?

Most of my workload was last week and the week before so it looks like next week will be pretty relaxing and there doesn’t seem much in my way.

3. What will you do next week?

Next week my team and I are meeting up to decide what the plan is for the next phase and how we are going to schedule our time so that we can get all of the work needed done effectively, efficiently, and on time

4. If you read it, what did you think of the More getters and setters?

I thought the “More getters and setters” article was an important read for anyone looking to go into the software engineering field and write code that can be easily modified and evolved. It is a great sequel to the first article and does a great job at not only explaining why getters and setters are bad, but how to avoid them.

5. What was your experience of SQL? (this question will vary, week to week)

I have had a little bit of experience with SQL before this class, but I thought that Professor Downing did a great job at explaining how to use the language and his lectures have been a really good refresher.

8. What made you happy this week?

I met up with some old friends from high schoool which was a good time.

9. What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

https://www.notion.so/ is a great tool for organizing your tasks so that you get all the work you need to get done on time. It’s helped me a lot so I’d definitely recommend a look.