Week 4

 

  1. You can work with up to three people (you MUST work with at least one other person)
        Lex, Tim, Brandon

  1. What was your strategy for solving the assignments?
        I wanted to start early in order to get a good idea of the size of the project and how much time would need to be dedicated to it. I followed through the instructions as specified and was able to get a large portion of the project done on the first day.
 
  1. What was THEIR strategy for solving the assignments
        The consensus was to make sure that the work was done in consistent amounts over the assignments timeframe. Making sure not to need any 'crunch hours'.
        
  1. How would you change your strategy having worked on the assignment?
            I wouldnt. I was able to pace myself well and get everything done in the time frame without issue.

  1. According to your classmate(s): how well does your code follow the Google Java StyleGuide?
        They said that my code was easy enough to follow and had good documentation in comments making it easy to follow the logic.

  1. What was the most challenging part?
        The most challenging part would have to be planning out the method of tackling the attackModifier() method. While not too difficult to set up, things like the order in which values are returned were important.

  1. What was the most interesting?
        Similarly to the most challenging, the most interesting was also the attackModifier() method. It was fun brain storming different approaches for how to handle a system like that. My switch statement method worked without issue but I was already planning a backup HashMap based method in the event that my first approach ran into issues.
        
  1. What are you the most proud of?
        Definitely getting though the project without running into any head scratching bugs or behaviors I wasnt intending. Being able to work through the more logic heavy sections of the project and knowing how to tackle them without issue made me feel confident in my own abilities.

  1. How did you celebrate completing the assignment?
        By letting myself turn my brain off for the rest of the day and relax!

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