Aqcuiring new skills When I first heard the term “software engineering” and what it generally entailed in relation to studying computer science, I thought that it was a very broad topic and feared that while taking ICS 314, I would...

Design Patterns are a Template Writing essays has always been intimidating and frustrating for me, despite the fact that I have written tons of essays during my previous highschool and college years. Each time I have to write about an...

Feast Your Eyes Before I discuss anything, I would like to draw your attention away for a bit and request something: click on this website (I swear it’s safe) and tell me how long you are able to look at...

Another Boring Backstory Prologue Throughout my freshman year of college, I had to take some academic writing courses to fulfill my general education requirements. Having just graduated from highschool at the time, I initially thought that diving straight into writing...

Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Stuff When I was a young middle school kid, I would tend to be (for the most part) the student who would just listen to the teacher without doubting or thinking twice about what the...

Software engineering is a field that I thought would never really interest me. Before I became a computer science major, I was just an average person who constantly enjoyed browsing the web on their laptop. So then, how did I...

Javascript is a language that I have heard about many times before taking ICS 314. Prior to this class, I did not have any experience with Javascript nor have I taken any Javascript courses. What I did know about Javascript...