ITP100 Capstone Project

 

ITP100 Capstone Project criteria is up. 

Edit 5/11/2024: Project completed. If anyone in the future is doing their capstone project and finds this blog post here are a few pieces of advice I would give to complete the project. I encountered issues. Take a break. Sometimes you need to let your mind rest and then come back to the problem. When you run into something you think is impossible just remember: There is a way to solve this problem using the information we were taught this semester. Ask yourself, "What did we learn this semester that I can use to solve this problem?" Almost all the solutions can be attained by using the programming methods & practice we learned and did during the course. 

Right now all you can see is the rubric for grading but, there's enough information there that you can start your pseudo coding for the modules your going to create. You should be able to start coding too, you'll just need to adapt your code to whatever requirements we find once the project is unlocked Monday morning. This information is currently available to anyone in the class and you can access it here: Rubric for Capstone Project (you must be logged into your school account to see it) or just clicking on the announcement in Canvas. If your like me and use the weekend to try and get the majority of your school work done this is a big help being able to plan your logic out a few days early.

I'm assuming the project is going to be in Java (since that's what we practiced on the most), but I couldn't tell from what I read. Feel free to share any insights you have below. 

Edited: 4/19/2024 for brevity and clarity.

Edit: 4/21/204 - 

I've got to say that I'm loving this project (I'm saying this with sincerity even though I'm describing my issues below). I feel like it's really forcing me to think and learn. I've had to go back and erase half my code because something I did created an error that I couldn't figure out how to fix. The erasing, rebuilding, and trying again and again is helping to cement things in my mind in regards to how things work - all this and the project technically hasn't even opened up yet (opens up tomorrow). Do I think I'm competent in coding? No. But I'm getting better. I can look at what I've done and understand it. I can look at it and see it's missing something. When it's throwing a compilation error I'm getting better at identifying the error and (hopefully) correcting it. I've realized that my original outline was inefficient and found a way to improve it doing multiple nesting and if statements.