https://blog.devgenius.io/what-are-rest-apis-http-api-vs-rest-api-92c2fe2bb136

For this last blog post, I decided to pick this post on the same blog as the last one, blog.devgenius.io. Admittedly I am picking too many REST API blog posts but I thought this one was a good pick because I’ve never dove deep into why we use REST APIs and what they are as well as some other types of APIs. In this blog post titled “What are REST APIs? HTTP API vs REST API” by The Educative Team (which I assume is a team of authors) they go over HTTP APIs, REST APIs, when to use REST APIs, and what to learn next.

First, they go over what an HTTP API is. It’s an API that uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol as the communication protocol between the two systems. HTTP APIs expose endpoints as API gateways for HTTP requests to have access to a server.
They also go over common alternatives to the popular REST API: GraphQL API, Falcor API, and gRPC APIs. GraphQL APIs are the second most popular form of API and seeks to correct common problems with the REST API structure. It’s open-source and designed to hold data in a tree structure. Falcor API uses much of the REST API architecture with paths and references but automates much of the request structure. Lastly, gRPC APIs are a newer API based off RPC APIs. Almost all of the processing of gRPC APIs are done by the server in RPC architectures.

Next, they go over REST APIs. REST API stands for Representational State Transfer and is an architectural pattern for creating web services. REST APIs see widespread use by application developers due to how simply it communicates with other machines over complex operations. REST is a ruleset that defines best practices for sharing data between clients and the server. It then goes into architectural requirements to be considered a REST API: Client-server, Stateless, Cacheable, Uniform Interface, and Layered System.

Lastly, it goes into when to use REST APIs, when not to, and what to learn next. For when to use REST APIs, REST APIs are great for building general-purpose applications to be scalable in the future. As for when not to, REST is a helpful tool in your toolbelt and a good general rule to follow but it shouldn’t be your programming dogma. For what to learn next, you should learn other API types so you can recognize when a situation calls for a non-REST solution.

I thought this was a good blog post to dip my toes more into REST APIs and just APIs in general. When I was working on my homework, I didn’t really give much thought into the work but when looking into the concepts of the homework more, it’s actually interesting to learn about. I also chose this blog post because it went over other API types that I should learn about if I go into front end development and I thought that was a good takeaway from this post.

From the blog CS@Worcester – Brendan Lai by Brendan Lai and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

In our modern society videogames have become a

In our modern society videogames have become a ubiquitous piece software that many use as a form of entertainment. They are on everything from dedicated home consoles and PCs to handheld devices and most prominently, smartphones. Videogames as software can range from extremely simple text based games to complex 3 dimensional environments with intelligent AI systems controlling events throughout the game.

Game development can be a great exercise for any upcoming software engineer to practice their skills. A single person is capable of creating a game as was the case originally with the popular game Minecraft. Minecraft, as many may already know is a open world that is famous for its randomly generated terrain and complete freedom in destroying and building in the world around you. In this simple game there is AI controlling the in game monsters, physics that dictate how you jump, fall, and swim. A dataset of different types of blocks that make up the game, and a world generator that utilizes different rules to create a landscape that is random yet results in a world that is cohesive and believable.

In contrast to the random generation and world state tracking done in Minecraft, other games such as portal specialize in their ability to create believable physics as well as their signature reality bending portals. The game allows you to seamlessly move through portals and stand anywhere in between and also involves physics of items and liquids dropping and moving in a believable way. Physics is an important part of the game and can prove difficult in itself to design from a software perspective.

Aside from these however, games can be as simple as a 2 dimensional platformer that only needs to consider at a basic level the act of moving left or right and jumping, or even a turn based game that needs only consider strict choices that are given to the player to interact with the game world. Game development, just like any good software has a development cycle and will go through a development, alpha, beta, and release cycle where the software will take shape and become a finished product over time. As the game becomes more complex, bugs and other problems may arise that must be dealt with and code optimization and organization becomes important. It can involve multiple people and repository management as projects become more and more complex, too complex even for just one person to deal with. Often the gamification of a task can make it more enjoyable and rewarding to practice so why not apply this to software. If it interests you it can be a great way to practice your skills and even discover new practices that can help in other programs you create.

From the blog CS@Worcester – George Chyoghly CS-343 by gchyoghly and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello, blog (mood-status: relax), writing this blog after coming home from work, finishing the exams, and submitting assignments. But anyway, on writing about this week-15. I am writing this as my “final” blog for the year 2021 for real. I decided to go on the Syllabus once again to look at the course topics. Then I choose the subject of the Patterns & anti-patterns.

Patterns

Patterns are part of everyday language, but it’s essential to discuss algorithms to understand their importance in software engineering. An algorithm performs a daily task like sorting a list of items, storing data for efficient retrieval, or counting occurrences of an object within a data set.

 Algorithms are among the most used fundamental concepts in software engineering. It mainly highlights proofs of its solutions and its only code samples in obscure, ancient languages such as Algol or MIX Assembly. Despite much covered: singly- and double-linked lists, trees, garbage collection, etc. The details are hiding in problematic libraries, but the concepts are the same. These algorithms have remained reasonable solutions to common software engineering problems for more than five decades and are still going strong.

A “pattern” can be a general structure of an algorithm. In algorithm focus on a specific programming task, a pattern challenges beyond that domain and areas such as reducing defect rates, increasing code maintainability or allowing large teams to work more effectively together. Some standard practices include:

• Factories
• Pub/Sub
• Public-key Cryptography
• Agile
  

These are four common patterns in the industry; it ranges from highly technical to broader, more process-oriented points. Factories are very code-oriented, while pub/sub is more architectural. While public-key cryptography has general importance, libraries to support its operations are available for almost every programming language in everyday use, making it generally short of implementation.

At the other end of the expanse, “Agile” remains unavailable: a point and a tool among developers, project managers, and other stakeholders about precisely what it means and how it should be implemented. From Narrow or broad, technical or process-oriented, excellent working knowledge of these patterns is an essential component in a technologist’s toolbox.

What is an Anti-Pattern?

A “pattern” is a known-to-work solution to a common software engineering problem (anti-pattern). Anti-patterns do not incorporate the idea of failure to do the right thing, including options that seem right at face value but direct to trouble in the long run.

Note the reference to “a common response.” Anti-patterns are not a few mistakes; they are familiar and always followed with good choices. As with regular patterns, anti-patterns can be broad or very specific, and there may be hundreds to consider in the realms of programming languages and frameworks.

From the blog Andrew Lam’s little blog by Andrew Lam and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.