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CST 438: Week 8

 1. The proper way to use git and git hub, I was fumbling my way through these two services up until this class and now I can see how powerful a tool both can be.  2. The difference between project lifecycles like agile and plan and develop, at the begining of this class I thought that agile was the best way to run a project but now I can see that although plan and develop is more rigid it can be useful for ensuring projects meet deadlines.  3. I learned a lot about the importance of multilevel testing, unit tests to ensure that methods preform properly and system tests to ensure they work together correctly.  4. I learned about mocks for testing which are useful for testing if your programs are preforming as expected without risking connecting two separate servers.  5. How an SRS document can serve as the blue print for a major project and allows for everyone to be on the same page even if they join the project at a later date. I may use documents like this in ...
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CST 438: Week 7

Some of the main differences between agile and a process like Waterfall comes from the more rigid structure of Waterfall and the more fluid structure of agile. Agile relies on BDD which uses user stories and constant interaction with the customers where as waterfall relies on interviews and documentation driven design to complete processes. Agile uses iteration that are flexible on time but require more meetings and interaction than waterfall. 
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CST 438: Week 6

 This week we again worked with system tests, one of the things I learned is that on pages with multiple dialog boxes and or modals it is important to make sure that all elements have unique Id's otherwise the system may not find the right element to interact with. I also learned about cloud computing and virtual machines which can be useful for companies who cannot afford to have servers and server rooms on site. 
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CST 438: Week 5

 This week I learned more about using reacts front end and the importance of ensuring your backend is completed and performs as expected to ensure that your frontend reacts as it should. This also shows the importance of testing as testing will show where the issues are at so they can be fixed instead of discovered later. Large tests often are less efficient than smaller tests and tests should be small to ensure that individual componets are working but also make it easier to find where the faults are at. 
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CST 438: Week 4

 The most interesting thing I learned by reading  Software Engineering at Google is how important code reviews are. They are so important that Google spent time and money making a program just to do code reviews. I thought it was cool to hear that the most time used by a programmers is done using code reviews. 
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CST 438: Week 3

 I have had a lot of experience with git, in particular git hub, but using git this past week I can see how vital it would be for many companies. The ability to easily update programs across multiple different devices and regions would make it easy for companies to have multiple developers working simultaneously. However this level of freedom could create problems for developers as changes in one function could break another, git requires lots of testing and cross testing to ensure that updates are not going to affect the ability of a program to function. Without notes and documentation it could be difficult to understand what has been done and what hasn't.  
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CST 438: Week 2

 I learned a lot about react this week and found that it was similar to other html style languages. Designing buttons and connecting web pages is easy and intuitive, I really enjoyed using css templates to make design easier. Some of the strengths of React are the intuitiveness and the ease of translating ideas into web pages. Some of the weaknesses I feel come from the definition of functions and each jsx file can not make use of the same functions. 
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