CS373 Fall 2019, Week 8: Nathan Hoang
2 min readOct 21, 2019
- What did you do this past week?
This past week I had two midterms and a project due, so I spent a lot of time preparing for my midterms and working on my project. I attended some classes but had to miss Software Engineering last Wednesday. Luckily, I have some friends who helped me catch up with what I missed.
Outside of school, I attended a couple of dance practices. Over the weekend I went back home. - What’s in your way?
My open wound in my leg is still not fully healed, so I’ve been going to the doctor every couple of days to get the bandages changed. I have to be extra careful with my leg when dancing or doing physical activities, and will also need to continue visiting UHS until it's healed.
This week I have a couple of projects due on Tuesday and a Symbolic Test. So, from now until Tuesday night I’ll have to manage my time well to make sure I get all my work done. - What will you do next week?
Next week I’m going to be busy working on the software engineering project, finishing up my virtualization project, and studying for my symbolic midterm the first couple days. After that, my week will be easier.
I’ll definitely need to continue going to UHS to get my leg checked out. I also get to fly out on Thursday to California for a company visit, so that’s pretty exciting. - What was your experience of the peer-instruction exam? (this question will vary, week to week)
I have mixed feelings about the peer-instruction exam. I think doing a peer-instruction compared to a normal exam benefits different groups of people. For those who didn’t have any idea how to do the questions, the peer-instruction exam is better since it gives them the opportunity to make up half the points that they would have missed doing the normal exam. On the other hand, those who simply had debugging issues and would have passed test cases given the full time were hurt by the format of this test. - What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My tip-of-the-week is to use async/await for asynchronous Javascript calls. Async/await are alternatives to using the .then call and make the code look much cleaner.
