Week Fourteen - CST 338 - Software Design

What experience do you have with UML diagrams?

I’ve only worked with UML in the assignments from the last 2 weeks. They are a cool representation of your program and good to use if you are inheriting methods from other classes. They are helpful but I find they are a pain to create.

Are they used at your workplace?

No – I am actually working in education right now so we wouldn’t use UMLs there. I do use other types of diagrams to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Have you done multithreading in any language before?

Nope – this was my introduction to multithreading. I did not create that part of this assignment so I plan to review other examples of multithreading someday when I have an extra minute.

Did you find Patterns to be helpful? 

Yes, course. It helps organize your code in a very meaningful way. The biggest obstacle to deal with is to access variable of other classes in Model, View, or Controller. That is something I am still working through.

Update your learning journal from what you experienced this week with class. 

It seems that each week just gets harder. This week’s reading was clear but when it came to building the program I was really lost. This is also a hectic time for the world and for my family so at the moment I’m not sure things will work out. I may need to get an extension on this week’s assignment but I’m not sure how that will affect the rest of my group.