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 the future, so seeing one and being able to understand it is great. 

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