SSE554Project3-Conclusion

=Conclusion = =5. Conclusion=  5.1.	This last project for Object Oriented Design upheld the theme for the semester, frustration. While I believe I got a lot out of this semester, I certainly put in a lot of effort to get here.

5.2.	Project 1 (Security) was a lesson in topic I was not very familiar with. I had to go outside my comfort zone and delve in to areas I have just heard about. I had to depart from the normal building of a program to demonstrate a topic. This was more of a report on security with some code examples.

5.3.	Project 2 (Software Engineering Topics) was an even bigger departure form the norm, by having us do a straight up book report. I certainly learned a lot form the material as it was a large topic to cover and there was no code writing at all.

5.4.	This final project (Advanced Topics) was a return to the programming project concept and involved some serious code writing. I wanted to challenge myself and explore topics that I was not familiar with so I could learn something new. I most definitely did that. It is one thing to program something that is tedious (Project 3 of OOD I) because you know when there are problems and they can be easily fixed. It is a totally new thing to encounter errors that you don’t have an answer for and can’t seem to see why you are getting them.

5.5.	I would definitely say I was challenged with this material. The final outcome was worth the effort, but some days while sitting at the computer I was wondering if I was going to be able to present anything for the project. I had the one step forward, two steps back thing going on through most of the process. But I eventually turned a corner and was able to pull it off.

5.6.	I think David and I learned a lot and had a great experience with the whole concept. Writing a custom encryption and submitting an official bug to Microsoft is testament to going out side the normal programming class and entering a new territory. All in all it was a great experience, despite being a frustrating journey to get there.

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