CS371p Spring 2021: Blog Post 4

What did you do this past week?
This week, my partner and I made a good amount of progress on the Voting project. After testing our code on randomly generated test case data, hopefully HackerRank will also be satisfied!

What’s in your way?
Nothing in particular is in my way, except a dentist appointment, which will likely lead to me getting my wisdom teeth pulled out this week.

What will you do next week?
I will write more unit tests with my partner, as well as test our code on HackerRank.

If you read it, what did you think of the Single Responsibility Principle?
I found the article particularly useful, as it helped provide more concrete rules as to when to make or split classes in OOP.

What was your experience of Voting and consts? (this question will vary, week to week)
Voting has gone smoothly with my partner, with bugs being found fast! As for consts, my partner and I haven’t yet used them in our Voting project.

How did you fare in the storm?
Asides from sparse power outages at my mom’s house, I was luckily relatively unaffected by the storm!

What made you happy this week?
Over this past week or so, I’ve gotten more into chess. Playing a game almost daily with my friend was fun, and I hope to continue!

What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
Downloading the C/C++ extension on VSCode is extremely helpful, especially in locating function declarations.