Capstone: Mentor Matching

My capstone experience has been great. I learned a lot of new things and got to work with a team to create a full working website from start to finish. We are nearing the end of the capstone journey and are completing our finishing touches. The process was very valuable because it taught me teamwork […]

Going into this project, I had little experience developing websites and certainly had never gone through the process of creating a fully functional one from scratch. This capstone process has been a huge learning process and I have gained a lot of knowledge from this experience. Each member of this team had different strengths, so […]

There are many new technologies that I have been exposed to while working through this capstone project. I have gained a lot of knowledge being able to work through the development of a website from start to finish while focusing on all aspects. For example, this project is my first time working directly with React. […]

Clean Code vs Bad Code: What are the Differences? While there are many ways to format and write code that performs the same function, there are ways to make sure that your code is clean, readable, and easy to understand when reviewing later. I found that a lot of what makes clean code is in […]

Our groups project is making great progress so far. We have made design decision in both the UI of the website and the inner workings of the backend. We have created skeletons and started implementing what we can so far. The final design of the interface of the website is still being finalized, and it […]

I was assigned to the Mentor Matching website group and so far the experience has been very positive. Our group has great communication and a wide variety of different skills that will be very useful in this development. The initial design process is my personal favorite and we are excited to start building higher scale […]

My name is Kaitlyn Holmes and I am a fourth year CS systems major. I currently live in Salem with my two cats, Toby and Franklin. My most recent hobby is reading, I have been trying to pick it back up. My interest in computer science started in a high school class. The class was […]

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