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the final term
As I submitted my taxes today, it firmly began to sink in that this is my final term at Oregon State. In fact, it’s my final term, ever. No more tuition payments (after May 1st), no more Canvas, Duo Push, BeaverHub, late-night deadlines, or office hours. College has been the last six years of my…
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march to completion
Our project has come so far in the last nine weeks. We went from a bare bones user interface and no database to an almost polished product. We’ve pioneered through database queries, entity relationship diagrams, design and function struggles, countless development sessions, Figma pages, and user testing. Throughout the entire process, I am most proud…
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winter workhorse
My team has been hard at work this term as we’ve been developing and submitting many versions of our OSU class registration software. I’ve been working on the user interface side, having completely finished all of the pages on Figma by adding in all of the navigation. I also began researching how to be create…
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a development refactoring
For our blog post this week, we were asked to find and read a couple of articles on code smells and clean code. I chose one based on code smells and how to refactor appropriately, and the other article was a summary of action items in the book “Clean Code,” by Robert C. Martin. Firstly,…
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a new horizon
As we start a new year, we are seeing resolutions everywhere. My coffee shop is promoting it’s new protein milk and showing off all of the sugar-free options. New years are a great start for many people to try something new in their life or pick back up that habit they meant to start ages…
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a term concluded
As we embark into the Christmas season, I find myself becoming reflective of this past term. My team and I have accomplish so much. This term has been very design-centered and most of our time has been spent planning and researching. We also established a first working model. We’ve come to the crossroads part of…
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first steps
It’s been almost two months since my last post and quite a lot has happened. I am so thankful that I got to watch two of my friends get married (on the same day!) and a week later, my own sister. Holiday plans are starting to come together for Thanksgiving and I am so excited.…
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just the beginning
For those of you who haven’t checked out my home page yet, welcome! My name is Danica and I am finally a senior here at Oregon State. This June, and Lord willing, I will find myself at Reser Stadium graduating with my Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, with a minor in User Experience Research…