CS 1102 Learning Journal Unit 2 PDF

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Learning Journal Unit 2 University of the People CS 1102 Programming 1Mr Dan Goodman , InstructorRijamekee Kariko, Student November 26, 2020For the most part this week was fairly okay. I started off by reading the required reading material but I find that just reading doesn’t help me understand prop...

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Learning Journal Unit 2 University of the People CS 1102 Programming 1 Mr Dan Goodman , Instructor Rijamekee Kariko, Student November 26, 2020

For the most part this week was fairly okay. I started off by reading the required reading material but I find that just reading doesn’t help me understand properly so I get more insight from watching YouTube videos. The videos that were attached as recommended in the reading assignment were very helpful. I tend to read a lot on the work and spend a great amount of time trying to understand and when it comes to coming up with examples it is a bit challenging for me. I had to go back and forth so that I can be able to write the assignments. With this week’s assignments I went back and forth between IntelliJ and Eclipse to write my code as I am more familiar with IntelliJ. I’ve noticed that there is a bit of a difference but not much. I started off with following the learning guide point for point and read through the learning objectives and ticked off as I went through the topics. The switch branching control structure was a bit challenging to work around but I managed to. I learned how to change the class and package name on a project and correct the JOptionPane error in Eclipse. In comparison to last week I was able to maneuver through eclipse better because it was not as foreign as I did a lot of research last week on it. Fixing errors and debugging my program as I wrote was interesting and I believe the more I practice the more I will be comfortable working around it. In last discussion forum I was advised to take screenshots of my work in my program and I attempted that this week but was having difficulties in uploading that in the discussion forum so I uploaded it as a Microsoft document. I will try again this week so I can upload clear work that is easy to read and understand. I am a bit more comfortable working with Eclipse this week. I am still overwhelmed with the work load but am proud that I am able to upload the work on time. I need to do more reading and researching outside of the material provided to get a better understanding of the work. I learned how to correct JOptionPane error in Eclipse. How to come up with these examples in Java, namely while, do-while, for loops as well as if statements and switch. I also learned how to debug a few errors and use more notes in my program to explain what I am doing.

Nothing was really surprising with this week’s work. I know now what to expect in the course and realize that more reading is mandatory to make it through the course. As I have previously mentioned. I am really just having a bit of difficulty to apply what I have learned to creating examples. Specifically would be the switch statement because of the different possible execution paths. I have gained more debugging skills and learning to use Eclipse. Tracing where I made a mistake and finding a way to correct my errors so that my program runs smoothly. I am able to understand and present work that people are able to understand and read and even if I am intimidated at the work load in the beginning I can still do it. I’ve learned more patience with myself. I can apply what you have learned on practical projects and in the future develop apps. In conclusion, I believe I have improved from last week and present more clear work with comments in my program. I am learning more about Java as I go and learning the tips and tricks to write clean programs that are easy to understand.

Reference Eck, D. J. (2019). Chapter 2: Names and Things. In D. J. Eck, Introduction to Programming Using Java (Version 8.1 ed., pp. 20-70). Geneva, New York, United States of America: Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Retrieved from http://math.hws.edu/javanotes...