CST 489-499 - Module 16

 The final week,

This is the last week for the entire CSU Monterey Bay Computer Science Online journey! Starting off with the general updates for the week, it was a bit hectic. Completing the user test reports for our project was completed essentially last minute, but well worth the information. We decided to fix some of the issues as early as possible for us to be able to record our presentation, but unfortunately, after merging some changes to the master branch, a few bugs went un-noticed, causing a delay in our presentation recording until the issues were resolved. Thankfully, we were able to complete both the testing report and the presentation, but depending on what we hear, we may need to make changes to the presentation.

As this is the final week, I think its important to reflect on what I've learned throughout the entire CS Online course. I have learned such amazing things that I never thought I would appreciate as much as I do now. Learning the general project development practices, using databases, understanding networking, operating system functions, graphics programming, understanding algorithms and when to use them, and many more subjects really made me glad I chose computer science as my major. Some were very difficult for me to grasp, but it was really rewarding to finally understand it. Learning these things also made me appreciate the developers of today's software and how demanding the tasks can be, especially if there is an early deadline. Especially to people designing databases and 3D renderers.

My plans for the immediate future are to continue development on our capstone project because I would like to add more features and rebuild certain aspects to improve the code legibility. For the broad future, my options vary, I want to develop more software, I want to continue developing a 3D graphics rendering project I have on the side. There is so much for me to do but it's hard for me to decide. It's been fun learning these (even at an accelerated pace) and it was a great experience.

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