Essays

Software Engineering: Applications Outside of Web Design

09 May 2024

A Reflection on Software Engineering The focus of ICS 314 is primarily focused on creating web applications, but many of the concepts learned in this course can be applied to other projects in software engineering other than web development. Two...

Ethics Software Engineering

Is AI a blessing or a curse when it comes to learning?

27 Apr 2024

I. Introduction the realm of modern education, where the lines between human intellect and artificial intelligence blur, the classroom experience takes on a futuristic hue. Funny enough, the first line of this essay was written with AI, but it’s correct....

AI Software Engineering

Pull yourself up by the bootstraps to learn UI frameworks

22 Feb 2024

The only way I have designed websites in the past has been with Wix (which trust me, is not that difficult. I only have had a little previous experience with HTML and CSS, so this has all been a new...

Programming HTML/CSS UI Frameworks

Coding Standards: Throwing Away the Lint with ESlint

08 Feb 2024

Never before have I been told that I had to follow certain standards while coding. It’s always been “just make sure your code is readable”. I always wondered how large companies can keep their code organized and if there was...

Programming Coding Standards

Smart Questions Get More Cookies

25 Jan 2024

Intro Sometimes (and by that, I mean a lot of times) engineers run into problems. That’s just part of the job! But where do you turn to when you have been at a problem for an ungodly amount of time?...

Programming Stack Overflow

Hopes for the Future as a Life-Long Learner

18 Jan 2024

I am taking ICS out of my own free will… I’m going to start by staying this right now: I am not a computer science major. Programming is not really my specialty, and this make me probably the only person...

Learning

JavaScript and ICS 314... Are They Worth the Hype?

17 Jan 2024

Is JavaScript worth the hype? This isn’t my first time using JavaScript. In high school, I was lucky enough to take an Intro to Programming course in highschool using code.org to program little apps and games with JavaScript. However, it’s...

Javascript Software Engineering