CST 438 - Week 1

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 What did you expect a course in Software Engineering would cover?   

Starting this course in Software Engineering I expected to not only learn about the process from start to finish but also have hands-on experience with some front and back-end services that allow applications to run.

After completing week 1, how has your opinion changed? 

After completing week 1 this is for the most part accurate to what I predicted we would learn about.  The agile process is how a project is organized from beginning to end as well as organizes sprints so the team knows what to be working on in each interval.  We have not had any hands-on experience with the different front and back-end services yet but I am sure these topics will be in the upcoming weeks.

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  1. davidMarch 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM

    Assignments in this course will cover coding the backend server application, as well as the front end React/JavaScript component. Assignment 6 will cover how to make the application into multiple services in the a service-oriented-architecture (or microservices) design. I hope you will get a lot from these assignments and it will help you in job interviews.

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