Arlon's CSUMB Blog

Arlon's CSUMB Java Software Design CST-338 Module 8 Learning Journal 16 for the week Wed 04/21-Fri 04/23, year 2021 Prescribed Questions: They say hindsight is 20/20, what advice would you give to the next cohort regarding this course? I would give them sincere advice, and good advice, but I would have to keep it between myself and them. How much do you envision using the skills you gained in this course in your career? A lot because not only was Android super fun, I love MVC framework now and I want to finish my final project, hopefully very soon, if not tonight. I have orientation in the morning so probably very soon instead of tonight. My final project was called Arlon's MVC Remote Blaster 5000 2021 Extreme - Part I and it was a wizard style program built with Java MVC that will facilitate remote desktop connections between various types of computers. Update your learning journal from what you experienced this week with class. This weeks Java was: You get three ...

Arlon's CSUMB Java Software Design CST-338 Module 7 Learning Journal 15 for the week Wed 04/14-Tues 04/20, year 2021 Prescribed questions: Have you ever created an app before, either for Android or iPhone? How did it go? I've made tons of web apps - presumably the question is directed at mobile apps - which I'm completely new to, sort of by choice. since computers are bigger, and overall more powerful and easier to completely use I guess. You don't have to spend a half hour writing one sentence on a computer. My phone on the other hand.... I started an Android class at Cabrillo College once with Professor Hodges and made a button that changed colors, but I think that's been it for me for mobile app development. This weeks app was much cooler, a video, a splash screen, a list that goes to more information about classes, toast messages, lots of connecty-stuff, I thought it was a really good assignment. Android Studio itself is a little nutty, taking up 20 gigabyt...

Prescribed questions: What experience do you have with UML diagrams? I just learned them two weeks ago, and helped make one just a few minutes ago! Are they used at your workplace? I work in a programming and appraisal office - for myself - and no, I've never used them until two weeks ago. Have you done multithreading in any language before? Oh yes, all kinds, and cross-the-internet-threading with a Comet Javascript PHP Ajax framework I built for my reversi game, Super Bomb Reversi. You can make a new thread in JavaScript too with: // JavaScript new thread: setTimeout( ()=>{ console.log( 'new thread?');/*This stuff runs in a new thread!*/ },0); Which is good for all kinds of stuff - animations, etc. Did you find Patterns to be helpful? I definitely agree with extrapolating and creating a logical framework - MVC is a great route if you can't think of your own - I have a few of my own paradigms similar to MVC and often invent new ones. Update your learnin...

Prescribed questions: GUI is learned late in the game with Java. Do you think this is helpful or harmful and why? It's super tricky to write a GUI program without console. Think beginning PHP with a broken page when you haven't learned file output yet. It's tricky to see what's going on. So it's real helpful to have some sort of console output, even for GUI programming. There's questions you need answered - you put them into the console. GUI programming can make a GUI for testing output, too, but it's really helpful to start with console output. So I think it's more educational to learn console output first, because it's more natural you wouldn't really learn GUI programming without learning console IO first. So I guess the answer to the late in the game question is - helpful. Why do think that coding the Swing elements in Java would be more difficult compared to some other languages? I d...