Hello

I cannot believe how quickly this year has come to a close. It seems like just yesterday I was struggling comprehending what I was doing in this course, but now I have gotten to the point where I feel like I have a grasp on how things are actually going. In terms of what got done, I implemented Rabbit at long last, and it only took me 3 sprints to get here! Along with that I made sure the messages we were sending matched the specifications posted on discord, and I made sure that the messages were only being sent if the requests themselves were valid (i.e. weight isn’t null, and it won’t take more than the inventory has). I think I really came into my own near the end of my time in this class,  I did a good job speaking to my group more often, I put out a number of good commits, and overall I had a better grasp on what was actually going on, which I certainly couldn’t say at the start. Though if I had to pinpoint something that didn’t work very well, I definitely think it was my communication with my group about what all of my work actually does. I get consistently asked what certain ports are being used for, and near the end of the sprint we ran into a snag relating to a library I was using. If I had explained what everything was more thoroughly, it could have prevented some headaches in my opinion. Our team continues to work quite well together, we communicate pretty openly at meetings, and I am not afraid to ask questions like I was before. I think near the end of the sprint we kind of lost focus a bit, and we, myself included, started slacking off on things once the majority of the sprint’s work had been done. We might have been able to come up with some other issues than the ones we have posted on Gitlab, but perhaps we wouldn’t have, who can really say for sure, our stuff is basically already done from my understanding. As for me, I am trying not to slack on any of the work required for this class in the last weeks of the semester. While the last presentation is a good week or so away, I am trying to make myself as available as possible, and I am trying to keep on top of everything so that the presentation isn’t rushed. 

For the design pattern I’ve chosen for this post, I went with something that I feel really encapsulates all of the work I’ve done over the course of the semester, and that is Sustainable Motivations. The pattern states that a software craftsman should hone their skills to cope with ever changing specifications and demands from customers. It recommends trying to remain motivated by writing things down that motivate you about your work, and trying to keep in mind that not every day programming will be perfect. Throughout the course of the semester I have had a kind of moving target problem with the scope of my work. At the beginning, the issue I was assigned requested I use RabbitMQ to send messages on inventory actions, but it did not mention the fact that RabbitMQ wasn’t implemented in the Inventory Backend at all. So suddenly, the scope of my work had changed dramatically, and I spent most of the first sprint stressing that I wasn’t doing as much as I should while I got RabbitMQ running. Later on, things like queue creation and library conflicts became a problem, and it seemed like the further I got in, the farther away completion of my goal was. I think if I had read this pattern at the start of the semester, or even at the start of sprint 3, I would have taken some time to actualize that I was never going to have a static goal with this kind of work, and perhaps I would have cut myself a little slack in that regard. 

Overall I’ve enjoyed this class quite a bit, and my time in college in general, since I am graduating. I’ve learned a lot from this course, and gained a lot of experience that I will doubtlessly use in industry. So, all that remains now is for me to coast through the finish line, and see where my career takes me from there.

Thanks for reading my blog! Who knows when or if I’ll post again, but it’s been interesting writing about all the work I’ve been doing for classes in a public facing way. I might even try this whole thing again sometime, who knows! :p

Merge Requests:

https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/69

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/68

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/66

From the blog Camille's Cluttered Closet by Camille and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

 Hello

I cannot believe how quickly this year has come to a close. It seems like just yesterday I was struggling comprehending what I was doing in this course, but now I have gotten to the point where I feel like I have a grasp on how things are actually going. In terms of what got done, I implemented Rabbit at long last, and it only took me 3 sprints to get here! Along with that I made sure the messages we were sending matched the specifications posted on discord, and I made sure that the messages were only being sent if the requests themselves were valid (i.e. weight isn’t null, and it won’t take more than the inventory has). I think I really came into my own near the end of my time in this class,  I did a good job speaking to my group more often, I put out a number of good commits, and overall I had a better grasp on what was actually going on, which I certainly couldn’t say at the start. Though if I had to pinpoint something that didn’t work very well, I definitely think it was my communication with my group about what all of my work actually does. I get consistently asked what certain ports are being used for, and near the end of the sprint we ran into a snag relating to a library I was using. If I had explained what everything was more thoroughly, it could have prevented some headaches in my opinion. Our team continues to work quite well together, we communicate pretty openly at meetings, and I am not afraid to ask questions like I was before. I think near the end of the sprint we kind of lost focus a bit, and we, myself included, started slacking off on things once the majority of the sprint’s work had been done. We might have been able to come up with some other issues than the ones we have posted on Gitlab, but perhaps we wouldn’t have, who can really say for sure, our stuff is basically already done from my understanding. As for me, I am trying not to slack on any of the work required for this class in the last weeks of the semester. While the last presentation is a good week or so away, I am trying to make myself as available as possible, and I am trying to keep on top of everything so that the presentation isn’t rushed. 

For the design pattern I’ve chosen for this post, I went with something that I feel really encapsulates all of the work I’ve done over the course of the semester, and that is Sustainable Motivations. The pattern states that a software craftsman should hone their skills to cope with ever changing specifications and demands from customers. It recommends trying to remain motivated by writing things down that motivate you about your work, and trying to keep in mind that not every day programming will be perfect. Throughout the course of the semester I have had a kind of moving target problem with the scope of my work. At the beginning, the issue I was assigned requested I use RabbitMQ to send messages on inventory actions, but it did not mention the fact that RabbitMQ wasn’t implemented in the Inventory Backend at all. So suddenly, the scope of my work had changed dramatically, and I spent most of the first sprint stressing that I wasn’t doing as much as I should while I got RabbitMQ running. Later on, things like queue creation and library conflicts became a problem, and it seemed like the further I got in, the farther away completion of my goal was. I think if I had read this pattern at the start of the semester, or even at the start of sprint 3, I would have taken some time to actualize that I was never going to have a static goal with this kind of work, and perhaps I would have cut myself a little slack in that regard. 

Overall I’ve enjoyed this class quite a bit, and my time in college in general, since I am graduating. I’ve learned a lot from this course, and gained a lot of experience that I will doubtlessly use in industry. So, all that remains now is for me to coast through the finish line, and see where my career takes me from there.

Thanks for reading my blog! Who knows when or if I’ll post again, but it’s been interesting writing about all the work I’ve been doing for classes in a public facing way. I might even try this whole thing again sometime, who knows! :p

Merge Requests:

https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/69

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/68

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/66

From the blog Camille's Cluttered Closet by Camille and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

 Hello

I cannot believe how quickly this year has come to a close. It seems like just yesterday I was struggling comprehending what I was doing in this course, but now I have gotten to the point where I feel like I have a grasp on how things are actually going. In terms of what got done, I implemented Rabbit at long last, and it only took me 3 sprints to get here! Along with that I made sure the messages we were sending matched the specifications posted on discord, and I made sure that the messages were only being sent if the requests themselves were valid (i.e. weight isn’t null, and it won’t take more than the inventory has). I think I really came into my own near the end of my time in this class,  I did a good job speaking to my group more often, I put out a number of good commits, and overall I had a better grasp on what was actually going on, which I certainly couldn’t say at the start. Though if I had to pinpoint something that didn’t work very well, I definitely think it was my communication with my group about what all of my work actually does. I get consistently asked what certain ports are being used for, and near the end of the sprint we ran into a snag relating to a library I was using. If I had explained what everything was more thoroughly, it could have prevented some headaches in my opinion. Our team continues to work quite well together, we communicate pretty openly at meetings, and I am not afraid to ask questions like I was before. I think near the end of the sprint we kind of lost focus a bit, and we, myself included, started slacking off on things once the majority of the sprint’s work had been done. We might have been able to come up with some other issues than the ones we have posted on Gitlab, but perhaps we wouldn’t have, who can really say for sure, our stuff is basically already done from my understanding. As for me, I am trying not to slack on any of the work required for this class in the last weeks of the semester. While the last presentation is a good week or so away, I am trying to make myself as available as possible, and I am trying to keep on top of everything so that the presentation isn’t rushed. 

For the design pattern I’ve chosen for this post, I went with something that I feel really encapsulates all of the work I’ve done over the course of the semester, and that is Sustainable Motivations. The pattern states that a software craftsman should hone their skills to cope with ever changing specifications and demands from customers. It recommends trying to remain motivated by writing things down that motivate you about your work, and trying to keep in mind that not every day programming will be perfect. Throughout the course of the semester I have had a kind of moving target problem with the scope of my work. At the beginning, the issue I was assigned requested I use RabbitMQ to send messages on inventory actions, but it did not mention the fact that RabbitMQ wasn’t implemented in the Inventory Backend at all. So suddenly, the scope of my work had changed dramatically, and I spent most of the first sprint stressing that I wasn’t doing as much as I should while I got RabbitMQ running. Later on, things like queue creation and library conflicts became a problem, and it seemed like the further I got in, the farther away completion of my goal was. I think if I had read this pattern at the start of the semester, or even at the start of sprint 3, I would have taken some time to actualize that I was never going to have a static goal with this kind of work, and perhaps I would have cut myself a little slack in that regard. 

Overall I’ve enjoyed this class quite a bit, and my time in college in general, since I am graduating. I’ve learned a lot from this course, and gained a lot of experience that I will doubtlessly use in industry. So, all that remains now is for me to coast through the finish line, and see where my career takes me from there.

Thanks for reading my blog! Who knows when or if I’ll post again, but it’s been interesting writing about all the work I’ve been doing for classes in a public facing way. I might even try this whole thing again sometime, who knows! :p

Merge Requests:

https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/69

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/68

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/66

From the blog Camille's Cluttered Closet by Camille and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

 Hello

I cannot believe how quickly this year has come to a close. It seems like just yesterday I was struggling comprehending what I was doing in this course, but now I have gotten to the point where I feel like I have a grasp on how things are actually going. In terms of what got done, I implemented Rabbit at long last, and it only took me 3 sprints to get here! Along with that I made sure the messages we were sending matched the specifications posted on discord, and I made sure that the messages were only being sent if the requests themselves were valid (i.e. weight isn’t null, and it won’t take more than the inventory has). I think I really came into my own near the end of my time in this class,  I did a good job speaking to my group more often, I put out a number of good commits, and overall I had a better grasp on what was actually going on, which I certainly couldn’t say at the start. Though if I had to pinpoint something that didn’t work very well, I definitely think it was my communication with my group about what all of my work actually does. I get consistently asked what certain ports are being used for, and near the end of the sprint we ran into a snag relating to a library I was using. If I had explained what everything was more thoroughly, it could have prevented some headaches in my opinion. Our team continues to work quite well together, we communicate pretty openly at meetings, and I am not afraid to ask questions like I was before. I think near the end of the sprint we kind of lost focus a bit, and we, myself included, started slacking off on things once the majority of the sprint’s work had been done. We might have been able to come up with some other issues than the ones we have posted on Gitlab, but perhaps we wouldn’t have, who can really say for sure, our stuff is basically already done from my understanding. As for me, I am trying not to slack on any of the work required for this class in the last weeks of the semester. While the last presentation is a good week or so away, I am trying to make myself as available as possible, and I am trying to keep on top of everything so that the presentation isn’t rushed. 

For the design pattern I’ve chosen for this post, I went with something that I feel really encapsulates all of the work I’ve done over the course of the semester, and that is Sustainable Motivations. The pattern states that a software craftsman should hone their skills to cope with ever changing specifications and demands from customers. It recommends trying to remain motivated by writing things down that motivate you about your work, and trying to keep in mind that not every day programming will be perfect. Throughout the course of the semester I have had a kind of moving target problem with the scope of my work. At the beginning, the issue I was assigned requested I use RabbitMQ to send messages on inventory actions, but it did not mention the fact that RabbitMQ wasn’t implemented in the Inventory Backend at all. So suddenly, the scope of my work had changed dramatically, and I spent most of the first sprint stressing that I wasn’t doing as much as I should while I got RabbitMQ running. Later on, things like queue creation and library conflicts became a problem, and it seemed like the further I got in, the farther away completion of my goal was. I think if I had read this pattern at the start of the semester, or even at the start of sprint 3, I would have taken some time to actualize that I was never going to have a static goal with this kind of work, and perhaps I would have cut myself a little slack in that regard. 

Overall I’ve enjoyed this class quite a bit, and my time in college in general, since I am graduating. I’ve learned a lot from this course, and gained a lot of experience that I will doubtlessly use in industry. So, all that remains now is for me to coast through the finish line, and see where my career takes me from there.

Thanks for reading my blog! Who knows when or if I’ll post again, but it’s been interesting writing about all the work I’ve been doing for classes in a public facing way. I might even try this whole thing again sometime, who knows! :p

Merge Requests:

https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/69

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/68

 https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/66

From the blog Camille's Cluttered Closet by Camille and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello!

It’s that time of the month again, we’ve just finished up sprint number 2, and now I’ve got to write about how it went! 

I think this sprint was considerably more productive than the last one (even if I still couldn’t get my assigned issue done). I managed to parse out how I am going to make timestamps for the rabbitMQ messages, and I did a significant amount of testing with some files, to the point where I basically had everything working by the end of sprint 2. It would have been implemented were it not for the fact that I ran into some last minute errors that I couldn’t get fixed in time. Like the last post I made, the merge request will be available at the bottom of the post.

I think I did a much better job at communicating with my group this time around. I think I was a little shy before, plus overwhelmed at having to learn a new skill and be a productive member of a group. Now though, I’ve been pretty consistently talking to my group about what I’m working on, and I’ve been asking questions on things that trip me up, which I would consider a wild improvement over last time.

 In terms of things that didn’t go so well, I could do with some better time management skills. If I had planned out my work a bit better, I probably would have had ample time to fix the errors I was getting, and I might even have been able to implement everything I had been working on. I’m not going to fret about that though, I just have to keep that in mind and make sure I give this sprint all the time it needs from me to get everything done. 

As with myself, our group has been doing a lot more communicating lately. Most of it has been really good, but a good chunk of it has not been very on topic. I’m not about to be some kind of narc that wants every minute of every day be spent working, that sounds utterly miserable, but I would like more of our discussions being related to what we are working on.

After looking in the book, I think the apprenticeship pattern that relates the most to this sprint was “Expose Your Ignorance”. The pattern states that the best way to fill gaps in my knowledge is to reveal them to my group, so that I might be more encouraged to find what I am missing. I’ve been the one working on rabbitMQ for two sprints now, and as such, I think it is easy to assume that I know every aspect of what it going on, but the longer I work on this project, the more small problems seem to come out of the woodwork. Oh sure, we have the code needed to send messages, but there is no queue for them to go into, so what is the point, etc. So, had I read this pattern at the start of the sprint, I think it would have been more productive to know what kind of stuff I was missing, so I can avoid any unexpected problems. I would have laid out the plan for the sprint, done some research on everything I was doing if I wasn’t 100% solid on it, and had some better fundamental knowledge going into that sprint than what I had. 

As usual, I will try to keep the things I learned in mind, but I will continue working on my issue, knowing that I do not have all the knowledge I need, and being willing to ask for help in finding it.

Merge request: https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem-weight-based/inventorybackend/-/merge_requests/65

From the blog Camille's Cluttered Closet by Camille and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.