#5 Feb 26

So begins the 2nd part of the course (I've logically divided it into 3 parts based on the Tests). First piece of advice - don't miss a single class! Due to personal reasons, I missed the class on Monday - when the 3rd project was being described - it's basically to implement the functionality of a heap. I felt lost when I came to class the other day - partly because there's no specs listed on the project page and also because I didn't realize how dependent I was to little things mentioned in class which help during quizzes and the project implementation. But I think I've caught up and now the project is going along full-steam ahead! Pair programming is going well - and I think I'm lucky to have found a partner who's as obsessive about correct indentation, spacing and brace-styles as I am!

So I don't have much material to talk about, since the class I did attend was mostly spent in re-introducing the different versions of the sum function for different iterators. Readings have finally started - and the quiz brought up the point of IS-A (inheritance) vs HAS-A (containment). For now, it's back to the project - we're knee-deep in pointer territory and you never know when a stray pointer could attack (the dereferenced ones are particularly vicious)!