cst 388: week 5

Who did I work with? 

I worked with Joe and Martin. 

What was my strategy for solving the assignment? 

For this assignment, I started off by reading the prompt a few times. After reading the prompt, I went over my answers about which methods would be the easiest, and which would be the hardest. I decided to work on the easier methods first, and coding with the other methods using placeholders. After finishing the methods, I tested the methods and worked to fix them as needed. I actually didn’t run into many errors this time around.

What was their strategy to solve this assignment? 

Joe started off by reading the prompt thoroughly. Then, he began writing a todo list. He worked on methods in the order they appeared on the prompt, but if a larger method required the use of a smaller method, he would finish the smaller method first. The then used the program's output and the unit test to debug where needed.

Martin decided to work well ahead of the due date. He then read the prompt before coding. He then started with the smallest method, as well as the one needed to make the others work. The last method he implemented was the addFromFile. He said that this strategy helped him find errors as needed.

How would I have changed my strategy?

I personally think that my strategy worked really well, so I wouldn’t change it this time around.

According to my classmates, how well does my code follow the style guide?

They had positive things to say about my comments and Java docs. The spacing and the braces alignments could be better.