Another Tuesday

Well we learned about constructors today in class but it is not the constructors that worry me, instead it is the hash map assignment. I haven't had a chance to start the homework but it looks pretty long and I should probably start it soon. I think I will try to start tonight but if not I'll for sure start it on wed. Back to constructors though after listening to the lecture constructors make a lot more sense which is a plus because I came into the lecture not quite understanding the lectures. Well I am off to study for an exam and then hopefully later on I can start my program.

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Bake me.....a Cake! Bake me .... a cake!

So Lecture today was interesting especially because it started out with a very pointless video of a Mario character saying "Bake me ..... a Cake!" over and over again. Even though it was pointless it was pretty entertaining as well. I guess that shows how easily amused college kids are. During lecture however we started out be going over what to do in HW3 which I found pretty helpful. I am just hoping that when I start the program, all of my understanding doesn't fall apart. We then went on to talk about objects which are pretty interesting as well and could be quite useful in the future. I feel like I have a general understanding of objects but I need to practice using them a bit first before I feel 100% confident with them.

RPotP: Objects....

Da LAB!!!

Well the lab wasn't too bad this week. It was all about hash maps which I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on. We didn't get through all of the problems because we spent a little more time than we probably should have stuck on one of the problems but all in all the lab went well! The third homework assignment is out now as well which is going to make my life a little more busy. However after reading through the assignment I feel like this one will be a little more straight forward than the other homework assignments that we have had, but I guess only time can tell!

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Internet is soooooo SLLLOOOOOOWWWWW! :-(

So today when we tried to watch the beginning of class video the ..................... buffer............... buffer............... buffer................... didn't work because ........... buffer............ buffer........................................ buffer............... buffer......... the freaking internet is soooooo SSLLLLLLLOOOOO ....... buffer ..............buffer ........ WWWWWWW today!! On a lighter note, we covered multidimensional arrays today. They seem pretty straight forward and I did a little brushing up in the book before class today which I think helped me understand the lecture more fully. I think I will start making this a habit in the future. Overall multidimensional arrays seem to be something that I can use to be quite helpful in the future! Tomorrow in lab we will be doing hash maps which don't seem too difficult but i'll let you all know on Thursday how I do. 

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Another Thursday

Well its the last lecture of the week. It seems like I have done a ton of programming this week. I have not only been programming in java but in my engineering classes I have been programming in MatLab. The two are decently similar which is nice because I can apply my CS1121 knowledge to MatLab making it really easy to complete assignments  Today we learned more about hash maps which still seem pretty strait forward and I feel like they well be useful in the future. Well tomorrow is finally Friday which is the end to another busy week. Talk to you all next Tuesday!

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Array Lists are Da BOMB!!!

So after doing the lab I feel like I have  a much greater understanding of array lists and I found that I really am not a fan of the fact that we could not use array lists on the homework assignment. It would have been so much easier to make that fit program if we had been able to use array lists. Me and my partner finally finished the second homework assignment as well after spending about an hour and a half trying to debug it. We eventually found out that we were missing a +1 in one spot that was throwing off our whole program. I guess that is programming for you!

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HW2

Well me and my partner started working on the second homework problem yesterday and we found that it is slightly challenging. We will be going to the learning center tonight to hopefully finish the program though as we have a pretty good start on it. Hash maps also seem a little confusing and I am hoping that today in lecture Pops can help clear it up a bit. This weekend I am going to be pretty busy so it would be nice if I can get everything that us due this week done before friady!

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Forgot...Ouch!

Well today is Thursday which means that a reading response and code lab were due this morning. I am usually really on top of all my CS stuff but somehow I let both the code lab and the reading response slide today. I think it is safe to say that this week has been my busiest one yet this year due to the fact that I have 2 exams and a 4 - 5 page research paper to complete. I must have some how forgot to do my CS stuff because of how busy I was. I must be losing my edge.... better sharpen up here. On the plus side of things, I have this blog which should give me the extra credit I need to make up for these missed assignments. Pops, if you are reading this, one thing that I would really find helpful is if you put our assignments up on canvas. Even if you made and account just to do this and the assignments would just pop up as reminders for all of us, that would be very helpful!

RPotP: (My brain feels kinda like this right now.)

The Lab...

Well the lab was interesting... I found out that I did not know as much about arrays as I thought I did and as a result the first few problems of the lab were a little rough. The nice part is that I came out of the lab feeling like I knew a lot more about arrays than I did when I went into the lab. I still have some catching up to do this weekend but I feel a lot better about arrays after the lab. The first two problems probably took a combined time of about an hour but after I got into the swing of things I figured out how arrays worked and was able to understand and solve the next problems.

RPotP: (I never realized that a mastodon was basically a mammoth.)

Well the programming is getting a little more difficult. I have been getting a little behind due to the amount of work that I have had in other classes but I am hoping I will be able to make sense of everything in the lab tomorrow. If not I should have time this weekend to get caught up. The new HW assignment that we have coming up seems to be kinda difficult but at the same time the test part of the assignment seems pretty fun due to that fact that it is a competition to break each other's tests. Pops is going to start lecturing now so I got to go! I will post again on Thursday!

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Arrayz todayz

We are learning about arrays today which seem to be able to make some aspects of code a lot easier to wok with. The video at the beginning of class was really awesome though because it was one guy who sang 4 different parts of a star wars tribute song! Although that arrays seem a little more complicated I think I will be able to make sense of them with a little practice and be able to easily implement them into my code. Also I should mention that we started leaning matlab in ENG 1101 today and I find it pretty easy to lean due to the java background that I have learned in CS1121.

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1st Quiz

Yesterday we had our first lab quiz. I think it went pretty well! I got full points for each problem which was good but the last two took me a little longer than I expected. I after a little debugging and re ordering of commands, I was able to get the both done. Overall it took me about an 1:45 to finish which isn't that bad for my first quiz I guess. It is kind of a relief that I got that over with thought because now I can just relax a bit until the next quiz comes about.

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Back at it again

Back to class today after having a week off. Today we went over overloading methods which make sense, and before that pops went over scopes for quite a bit which was not necessarily needed but I guess it is a good review.  Tomorrow we have our first quiz which should be interesting. I feel like I am ready for the quiz but I am just hoping that there are no problems that are too difficult. After class today i'll be going to the career fair to get a feel of what it is like. After that I might do a little studying for the quiz. Wish me luck for the quiz tomorrow!

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