What did you do this past week?
This past week, I worked with my team on phase I of the project. I also managed to catch up with some of my other classes in preparation of all the upcoming exams.
What’s in your way?
I sent my laptop to Dell repair earlier this week and it would be a couple days before they could send it back. Not having my laptop with me when working on projects is a little difficult to get used to. I have to stay at the computer labs or libraries all the time to work on stuff. However, other than that, nothing is in my way. There are just a lot of new materials and I need to spend more time on them.
What will you do next week?
I will spend some time reviewing the notes and redo the in class exercises for this class and make sure I don’t have any lingering questions. I believe typing the codes out on my own will help me understand and actually remember the details better. I will also try to communicate more with my teammates since I am not entirely sure about some of the issues yet. I need to gain a better understanding of the parts that my teammates are digging into. I have a couple assignments for my other classes that are due in the upcoming week as well. I will meet up with my coding partner and get that done.
What was your experience of comprehensions, generators, and yield? (this question will vary, week to week)
I did not have any experience working with these things before, so it would take some time and practice for me to get used to them. It’s sometimes difficult to switch into the mode of writing comprehensions since I am so used to writing explicit loops right now, but it is exciting to see that Python could significantly reduce the number of lines in my code. The fact that generators, iterators, and yield are interrelated is slightly tricky but really interesting. When used correctly, they would definitely boost the efficiency and flexibility of the code written.
What made you happy this week?
Catching up with my classes feels great. I am getting better at time management. I bought a board and an easel. And I cleaned up my room and threw away a bunch of useless items again.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
I am reading this book called Thinking, Fast and Slow. It’s great and has been giving me inspirations.
