Week 10 - Past, Present and Future

 

            This week I did not have any problem walking through part two of project one, the Reader file. Thanks to my previous experience with working on my personal project and writing my own unit tests, the project seems easy to handle so far. However, there is one tiny problem with the toString() method. Because I can only override and format the return value for now and I do not know how precisely it will be. It made me worry a bit since I prefer to finish it and move on, rather than waiting to test that method later.

            Another obstacle I have is with this week’s materials. There are a lot to handle such as: try catch block, inheritance, interface, abstract class, static final, casting objects. They are not hard to understand, but they must be used to fully understand as well as making me feel confident with them. However, with the upcoming part three of the project and the jotto assignment, I can have a chance to practice and get comfortable with those materials.

            In addition, I also learned about the UML diagram and how to make better comments for my codes. They are critical tools to help me document my work in future projects, and they are exactly what I was missing in my previous personal projects. I lost track of my work sooner or later as there were many methods, variables and files when those projects kept growing. Now with new knowledge, I believe I will do better next time.