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On Software Engineering: Lessons Learned

10 May 2024

My Two Cents on ICS 314 at UH Manoa I learned many cool things from my software engineering course this semester. I got to learn a web-development technology stack starting with basic HTML exercises and progressing to a full-blown web...

Software Engineering

Should AI Be Used in the Classroom?

29 Apr 2024

I. Introduction AI is an increasingly popular and powerful tool. It can be incredibly helpful in education and in software engineering, but it doesn’t come without risks. AI can be useful to a fault, preventing some students from retaining information...

AI Education

How Software Blueprints Simplify Problems

25 Apr 2024

A Familiar Routine Imagine yourself at a restaurant. You walk in and eventually find yourself seated. Your waiter then introduces themself and lets you browse the menu. When you are ready, you place an order with the waiter, who then...

Software Engineering Design Patterns

Bootstrap Brouhaha

22 Feb 2024

UI Frameworks Offer a Big Return on Investment I have been using Bootstrap 5 for a little over two weeks now. My experience with it has been difficult, but enlightening. On the one hand, there is a bit of a...

Software Engineering Web Development UI Frameworks

A Call for Consistent Code

08 Feb 2024

Structureless Code: The Bad Handwriting of the Tech World Just as chicken scratch is hard to decipher, so is poorly structured code. Inconsistent code can cause a lot of problems in software development, such as reduced readability, increased debugging time,...

ESLint Code Design

Smart Questions Yield Smart Answers

25 Jan 2024

The Importance of Asking Questions When developing software, it is inevitable to run into coding issues. Asking questions on forums such as StackOverflow is a great way to receive input and feedback that will help get you unstuck. Not only...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

About the Author: My Path to Software Engineering

20 Jan 2024

From a young age, I have had a passion for STEM. I was part of robotics teams from elementary through high school, and it was through these experiences that I first developed an interest in computer science. My first coding...

Software engineering

My Journey with JavaScript

17 Jan 2024

Humble beginnings I first started learning JavaScript in high school. In fact, this was one of my first experiences with coding in general. Prior to that, I did some basic programming for robotics with C++, but it was nothing more...

Software engineering JavaScript