Week 7 (June 15 – June 19)

I started working on the database writing portion of the application; the other co-op student will finish off the csv reader. I believe for the most part this will be my own mini project which is exciting. I’ve only begun to lay the groundwork for it but it has definitely given me some really important practice designing and implementing my own software. The full timers have begun work on the calculator portion of the application, as well as creating unit tests for the analyzer and calculator. I’m starting to be given way more freedom and responsibility on this project, which is exciting.

Week 6 (June 8 – June 12)

Our work on the csv parser is almost done and it works well and fast. The work for the analyzer being done by the full time programmers is also coming along well. Working in tandem with the other co-op student on the csv parser was a great introduction to pair programming. I’m really starting to get the hang of agile development. I started learning about a concept known in the company as BOL reconciliation. Our application needs to be responsible for this and it seems really confusing. It’s definitely something i’ll have to learn moving forward with this project however.