Hi,
Wow! Am I really going into the 12th week of classes? My, how the time flies. And, it is jam-packed with stuff to do.
Last week seemed really busy, and after meeting with my group today, this coming week seems like it is going to be even more full with meetings, and deadlines and preparing for some exams. I am sure that I am going to need to take some time off of work to get it all done. Well, that is how it goes. So, enough with the rambling, let's talk about last week.
As I mentioned in my last post, my group and I had turned in our project and were waiting for a grade and some feedback to get started on the second part. Earlier in the week, Alex, the grader for this project, gave us that feedback to help us improve our app. Much of what was given had to do with the implementation of our django models and our API, and the apparent couple of areas where the two were disjointed. Overall we did quite well, and have been working to get our models down correctly in accordance with the feedback we received to continue with this project, part 2. In general, I think with the models, we have been having some difficulty trying to relate the way that they are formed compared to what we have read in class regarding database design, but after our meeting today, I feel like we were able to sketch out some ideas and get a better grasp on what these models mean and how we will be able to tie them into the site. This project has proven thus far to be a really great learning experience.
The class part of the week was spent looking at different SQL files to get an understanding of selects, projects, subqueries, and joins. From what we've reviewed, I can say that there a lot of different ways to do a single queries, and SQL handles complex searching under the covers, which is really nice. Again, from dealing with the django models and learning a lot more of database nuance, there is definitely much more to SQL to learn.
That's all I've got for this week
Until the next one,
Sophie
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