My last crazy week in college… I hope.

What did you do this past week?

This past week was the most stress inducing week of the semester. My partner and I got our assignment submitted on time, barely! Unfortuantely though, my UML didn’t save on my profile and we lost it right before submission. :( So stressful. In addition to that, I had to put a lot of work into my graphics assignment. Little progress was made, but I do feel like I learned from this past project.

In class, we discussed inheritance, the clone method, and abstract classes. Abstract classes are syntactically a bit different in C++ than in Java. In order to make a class abstract, the method signature must contain ‘ = 0;’ at the end of the line. We also discussed when virtual is not dynamically bound.

What’s in your way?

For the first time in awhile, nothing. I feel like I can take on a fresh start now studying for our OOP final exam and get a head start with little stress on my final graphics project.

What will you do next week?

Study up on potential graphics final project options and find partners for that assignment. I also will be studying for OOP so that I can relax during Thanksgiving break. I’ll also be getting ready for graduation, picking up my gown and cords!

Tip of the Week

Recently at work, I needed to write a script to make what I was doing easier. I chose C++ as my script language simply because it was what I was comfortable with and had been using a lot. It turns out, I should have thought about the implications of choosing C++ more and came up with a more solid reason for choosing it. It wasn’t that C++ was bad necessarily, but what I was doing (can’t say much about it here, have to stay general, sorry!) wouldn’t need the control that C++ provides. Using a language such as C# would have been much easier and friendly with other the technologies necessary for what I was doing. In fact, a C# script had already been written to do part of the work I needed done due to its ease of use! Despite the vagueness of my story, I hope it’s clear that it is important to put more than a passing thought like, “this is what I’m comfotable with and using now” when developing a useful tool for yourself and potentially others. It’s important to consider how your script will work with other existing code and remember the entire scope of your task when deciding a language.