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Matthew Toomey’s Programming Blog
Sprint 3 Retrospective
For the final stretch of our allotted development time working with the InventorySystem component for the Thea’s Pantry project, we focused largely on getting all the frameworks (frontend, backend, database) into a functional state for the next team taking over on the project. I focused much of my time on getting our frontend components pushedContinue reading “Sprint 3 Retrospective”
Dig Deeper: Depth not Breadth
Learning things is difficult much of the time, and when being pressured to learn something (or even multiple things at a time) for some impending deadline or project responsibility, it can feel like there just isn’t enough time to warrant building a truly deep understanding during that period. The more items on the todo-list, theContinue reading “Dig Deeper: Depth not Breadth”
Confront Your Ignorance: Filling in the Gaps
Software development often involves a large variety of interconnected tools, patterns, standards and ideas which must be understood at a functional level to be able successfully apply them to the project at hand. Sometimes the sheer number of things which require your understanding can feel overwhelming, and going into a project without knowing absolutely everythingContinue reading “Confront Your Ignorance: Filling in the Gaps”
Welcome to My Blog
With this blog, I will post updates for various projects I am working on, technologies and software that I find of particular interest, and general programming, technology, web development and game development topics, as well as information on things I am currently working on, including personal projects and practice in various languages and frameworks.
I hope to eventually replace this blog with a self-developed (non-wordpress) website as I continue to study web development topics and design.
The Long Road of Progress
The long-term development of a career and set of skills is something not often focused on when discussing professional fields, rather the immediate benefits of that career (money, prestige, the conceptual notions of ‘success’) are more often discussed than not. While succeeding and generating an income are both important aspects of a career, the processContinue reading “The Long Road of Progress”
Benefits of Recording What You Learn
Oftentimes when doing something repeatedly, whether that be some sort of skill or action which needs to be learned over time, it can become sort of “mindless” as you gain familiarity with the subject. So even as you become familiar with the idea or concept, you no longer think about doing it even as youContinue reading “Benefits of Recording What You Learn”
Code Review: Benefits of a Second Look
After a piece of software, whether that be the project as a whole or simply one component as part of a system has been completed, it makes sense to give the final product a sort of “look-over” to make sure that everything is working as intended and meets any required specifications. This is something whichContinue reading “Code Review: Benefits of a Second Look”
