November 4th, 2025 Week 9 Learning Journal Post

November 4th, 2025

Week 9 Learning Journal Post

CST338 WK01 Learning Journal

This is the same learning journal you've used throughout CS Online. 

Discuss the process of solving the Coding Bat challenges.  A major part of software design is thinking about how to approach a problem with the tools we have at our disposal.  What were the steps you took to solve some of these challenges? 

For the coding bat challenges I had to take to the internet to find tutorials to refresh my memory. I ended up using ChatGPT to explain concepts to me so I could learn how to do the challenges. It has been a while since my Java prerequisites and I had to be reminded how the syntax works. 

Did you plan it out or throw code at it? 

I tried to plan it out, threw some code at it, and then thought about how it worked. 

What worked?

I used some Java flash card quizzes to practice Strings and HashMap, which are my weakest points. 

What DID NOT work?

Google didn't have the learning solution I wanted. I was looking for tutorials, not answers. Google lacks the ability to explain something in a way that I can learn from. 

How many tries did it take? 

Once I got caught up it went pretty quick. In the beginning I had to attempt it a few times. At some point it became fun and more like a hackathon challenge.