Initial Impressions When planning my classes last semester, I had to take into consideration a lot of factors: will I have enough time for all my classes? Work? Free time? I never considered a global pandemic. Just one month ago,...

EZ Graphics in ICS 111 In ICS 111 I learned how to EZ Graphics for Java—a library of functions created by a grad student used to make graphical implementation simple. This enabled students who had never before seen Java to...

Coding in High School When I first started coding in high school for my VEX robotics team, I had not even heard of coding standards. I was more focused on learning how to code, this resulted in me simply trying...

Things to do When asking a question is good practice to consider, the person that you except to answer your question. Things that might seem okay to do when asking a friend or classmate, might not be appropriate to ask...

Nothing is easy the first time Everything you learn in life will be new to you at least once. It is my belief that nothing is truly easy the first time you learn it. Take public speaking for example. The...

Early intrists Like a typical child, I had wild aspirations of what I wanted to be when I grew up, but at no point had I thought about doing software engineering. Partly because I had never heard of software engineering...