Week 3

• What did you do this past week?

I wrapped up most of Collatz. It took a while to pass the 3rd test, but most of it was accomplished in one evening at the lab. I spent a significant amount of time trying to get an environment set up on my Windows machine, unsuccessfully. That part of the process was a bit frustrating. However, now I just have the Doxygen and astyle part left. I will be going to into office hours tomorrow to confirm that I have all my requirements up to spec, so I do not lose points unnecessarily.

I had to skip Friday as I was down with the flu, so hopefully I can catch up on what was covered that day. I really enjoyed Wednesday’s lecture on references, Professor Downing’s lectures are as usual very informative and I learn a lot. I have limited exposure to C++ in recent times, so this course is turning out to be quite useful.

Additionally, I also prepped for the career fair; moment of truth coming up for us!

• What’s in your way?

The flu really hampered my weekend. I had to remain in bed most of the weekend, and threw me off my study schedule. The coming week will be tough and hopefully I can catch up. First round of exams start the following week!

Secondly, I really need to ramp up my gym visits. It helps me de-stress and not going dampens my mood a bit.

• What will you do next week?

I will wrap up Collatz on Monday and spent my time doing homework for other classes. Tuesday and the remainder of the week will most likely be the career fair, follow-ups and prepping for interviews. This part of the semester is always tough as we have exams and interviews, hopefully we all come out unscathed.

• What was your experience of exceptions, references, and consts?

I really enjoyed Wednesday’s lecture. I knew the material covered about exceptions already, but I always appreciate the detailed refresher via the lectures. I did not attend class on Friday, and therefore missed learning about consts. I will try to follow the code he covered and go into office hours tomorrow.

• What made you happy this week?

Last week was a bit low for me, but I think after working hard all week – I spent time playing a new video game (Shadow of War). I felt good that I was able to game again.

1. What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/15643 – this has some useful C++ tricks. I found one particularly useful for Collatz.