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Reflecting on Software Engineering: My Takeaways

11 Dec 2023

Throughout this semester in ICS 314, I have learned a lot about software engineering. I even achieved some of the goals I set for myself such as learn to code in a new language and how to use a new...

Software Engineering Reflection

Design Patterns: It's Like Baking a Cake

29 Nov 2023

What are design patterns? Design patterns help pave the way for the future and development of an application. After you have finished developing an application or take a break from it, other developers may want to pick up where you...

Design Pattern Software Engineering Reflection

AI in ICS 314: Did You Really Learn Anything?

20 Nov 2023

Introduction Technology has evolved so much over the years and it’s only going to get better. One of the many things that have resulted in this evolution is Artificial Intelligence, also known as A.I. We have incorporated technology and A.I....

Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Reflection

Final Project Idea

31 Oct 2023

Authors: Kaylee Agorilla, Malisa Lo, Micah Tilton Overview Whenever University of Hawaii users face a tech-related problem, they visit the UH Information Technology Service (ITS) AskUs page. Here, users can enter their questions and be presented with a list of...

Software Engineering Meteor

Is Bootstrap a waste of time?

04 Oct 2023

I’ll admit that learning Bootstrap was a rollercoaster. The learning process had its ups and downs. Right when I thought I figured out how to do one thing like center a text, both vertically and horizontally, another problem would arise...

UI Frameworks Bootstrap HTML CSS

Using IntelliJ and ESLint is a gamechanger

20 Sep 2023

Switching over from JSFiddle to IntelliJ, my life programming has become so much easier. With the help from ESLint, I’m able to find where I made a mistake quickly and I’ll admit that my code is readable now. Getting the...

Software Engineering IntelliJ ESLint

There is no such thing as a “dumb” question...unless you are a programmer

05 Sep 2023

Being a programmer, we have all the resources and answers at our fingertips. If you have a question, chances are, the internet has an answer. The internet allows us to look up our questions, read articles and manuals, watch YouTube...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

That wasn't so bad, was it?

04 Sep 2023

Although I prepared every day leading up to the first WOD, I was left shaking from all the adrenaline after I finished in Rx time. In those days leading up, I did every practice WOD that was given to us...

Javascript Software Engineering Learning

Why Software Engineering?

31 Aug 2023

Ever since I was a kid, I enjoyed working and being around computers and different types of technology. I fell in love with Apple because of how minimalistic, simple, and how sleek both the devices and brand were. I remember...

Software Engineering Learning

Learning how to swim again

29 Aug 2023

In the midst of the ‘Back to School’ chaos, learning a whole new coding language, JavaScript is the cherry on top of it all. So far everything is going well, aside from the sleepless nights and new white hairs I...

Javascript Athletic Software Engineering Software Engineering