WEEK 73 - CST 438 week 1
Learning Journal - Week 1 What did you expect a course in Software Engineering would cover? Initially, I expected this course to just cover more software development tools and techniques. Things like the best ways to code, how to build a project, and how to improve my programming skills. I figured it would be similar to my previous programming courses, just with more of a focus on developing larger projects and learning how to write better code. I didn't really think much about the other aspects of software engineering outside of programming. After completing week 1, how has your opinion changed? After this first week, I understand that a lot more goes into Software Engineering than I originally thought. It is not necessarily just a coding class. It also teaches best practices for building programs, working with a team, organizing a project, and managing the overall development process. As mentioned in the textbook, programming is more so a building block in the bigger pictu...