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What is this purpose of this Git repository? (duh!)
The purpose of this Git repository is to represent the aggregation of all the work done throughout the semester for the web programming course.
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What was your favorite lab or assignment and why?
My favorite assignment was assignment 2. At the end of the assignment, being able to see the visualization and the translation of the JSON data onto the Google Maps API was a satisfying moment. I have always wanted to work with data and visualizing data so to have a visual representation of the cars and the passengers was stunning.
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How much do you think you have grown from day 1 of this course to now?
Great question. I came into this class knowing the basics of HTML and CSS. Compared to where I was then, I have gained and learned to tools to continually improve on my web development skills. The most telling point of my growth was after quiz 2, where I got all the questions pertaining to asynchronous programming correct, a concept I was completely unfamiliar with
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What was the most important thing that you learned in this course? Cite two examples as evidence.
The most important and compelling material I learned in this class is, without a doubt, introduction to web security. It was shocking to learn that an alarming percentage of websites and applications are vulenrable to attacks. Even learning about the bare minimum on the fundamentals of web security was an enlightening experience. Additionally, learning about sending and receiving data via JSON is, as I personally found it, extremely useful. As mentioned previously, I am interested in working with data and learning to manipulate, and to move that around online through application of JSON in assignment 2 and 3 was fascinating.
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Now that you have finished the course, what topic would you like to delve deeper into?
I would like to learn more about data visualization and analytics. I frequent r/dataisbeautiful and websites heavy on statistics like fiveseventyfour, and would like to work on data analytics project, utilizing data visualization tools and incorporating them to my personal website. More pertaining to this course, I am intrigued by web security and plan to take the course sometime during my college career.