Mon 29 April 2019
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It’s been quite some time since my last post, I know. But seriously, I’ve been really busy between family life, work, the computer science degree, as well as multiple miscellaneous projects (including this one).
I started the WGU Bachelor of Science in Computer ScienceWGU IT Slack, I’ve found that most of the horror stories involving requiring students to comment each and every line of code in their programs is not (currently).
I’ve completed two courses for the computer science degree at WGU so far. The first was a Computer Architecture (C952), which took me about two weeks. This course was a lot of reading and a reasonable amount of time spent learning the basics of ARMv8 assembly followed by a proctored test. I found that the final assessment I was given was not really a good reflection of what was on the pre-assessment, but it didn’t cover anything that wasn’t in the huge textbook they give you! I found this class to be somewhat harder than the average class in the Information Technology degree.
The second was Software I (C482), which took me about three weeks to complete. I took my time on the project, which is a GUI application that must be written in Java using the JavaFX GUI framework. This was my first time building an MVC application, working with JavaFX, and had been years since I last wrote any Java or a substantial program in any other language, so I felt this was the right amount of time to get back into the swing of things. I will check with my student mentor if I am allowed to post this code to a GitHub, which will be the first of a portfolio I’m building for myself.
As I have continued to write about, I need to renew my CCNA and CCNA Security. Currently, I am considering looking at studying for the Cisco Network Programmability Developer Specialist exam. I am trying to dig into where the free resources for the exam can be found and will definitely compile some notes once I start my journey toward my renewal.
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