There are some common issues that software developers encounter when designing a system. These issues arise wearing a slightly different mask depending on the application, but experienced software engineers have learned how to identify them and have come up with...

UI Frameworks Are Not Simple Learning a new UI framework is no simple task. You will have to learn the Framework’s core concepts and principles, its capabilities, how to navigate its documentation, and how to integrate it into your project....

Why Use Coding Standards? Some may think of conforming to a coding standard to be more of a hassle than what it is worth. I admit subjecting yourself to the constant nagging of a linter utility may not sound very...

It turns out, contrary to what Mrs. McGillicuddy promised us in grade school, that there are such things as Stupid Questions! (Well at least stupid ways to ask them.) Eric Steven Raymond provides a guide to communicating with hackers, like...

Why I Want to Learn Software Engineering On the first day of class for my course on Software Engineering my professor had us work through a brief but eye opening exercise. He asked us to take out a piece of...

My Experience At the moment, I am taking a course on Software Engineering from UH Manoa’s Information and Computer Science Department. It is the first week of class and we have already began our 3rd module: Javascript Basics. Appropriately named,...