Cam Anderegg

My first out-of-class project, Color Waves is a visually stimulating program with a lot of options for user input

I chose the pygame library because I am proficient in Python and it provided access to many useful functions and helped me create screens, buttons, sliders, and the waves

Becoming familiar with the pygame library and deciding how the users' inputs would alter the wave

Create a replayable Sudoku game with an infinite amount of randomized boards and varying difficulties. Additionally, create a recursive backtracking algorithm which can solve the board and be called on by the user at any time

I am proficient in Python and familiar with the pygame library

Writing the recursive algorithm was tough at first because I hadn't used recursion in over a year, but it reminded me that it was a fascinating and underappreciated method of coding

Create an A* Pathfinding Visualizer which allows the user to create barriers between the start and end point. The user can call the pathfinding algorithm at any time and the program will avoid the barriers and find the shortest path to the end point while visualizing the algorithm in real time

I am proficient in Python and familiar with the pygame library

I never learned anything about pathfinding algorithms in school but it was interesting to research on my own. I chose A* over other popular pathfinding algorithms because it is flexible and efficient. Like Dijkstra's Algorithm, A star can find the shortest path between two points. However, A* is more efficient because, like a Greedy Best-First-Search, it uses a heuristic to guide itself

CSTIP is the name of the club I co-founded at my university, which stands for "Computer Science Technical Interview Preparation". As Vice President of the club, one of my responsibilities was to make the club website. The website needed to display general information about the club as well as a link to the sign-up form

I chose these languages because I wanted to be familiar with the most popular Front-End languages. I started with a format from html5up.net and built upon it. I used GitHub Pages to host the website because it was free and changed the domain name using namecheap.com to make it more memorable

This is my favorite project for many reasons. This was the first time I've worked on a project with an impact in my real world. Seeing other college students use the website I made to sign-up for the club I co-founded felt very rewarding. An added benefit from making it on my own was that I allowed my other club members to spend their time preparing the club in different ways.

Creating this website was difficult since it was my introduction to web development and Front-End languages. Additionally, I needed to create this with posterity in mind. That is why I created a GitHub account specifically for the club and uploaded the files there

After experiencing Front-End development while creating my club website, I wanted to tie it all together with a Full Stack project. I created a cookbook database that allows users to create and delete meals with ease

I had gotten familiar with HTML5 and CSS when creating my club website. I decided to learn SQL and PHP because they are popular and work well with the free software I used, MySQL and phpMyAdmin

PHP was difficult to learn but SQL was harder. This is because I've only heard databases talked about in class theoretically and without any practical implementations. I felt I learned more when I did my own research and actually started using databases. It was also interesting to learn how to defend against XSS attcks and SQL injections because I learned more about cyber security

I wanted to create an accessible platform to adequately showcase my projects and experience with Computer Science

I chose these languages because I wanted to be familiar with the most popular Front-End languages. I started with a format from html5up.net and built upon it. GitHub Pages allows me to host a website for free but doesn't allow large files to be uploaded, so I had to upload my videos to YouTube and use their embedded link.

After creating my club's website I felt more comfortable with web development. It fun trying to maximize the layout for the users experience