Webinar 03

 

Esguerra, Adrian Joshua F.

BSEMC4-A  EMC414: Computing Seminars and Educational Trips                                                                                                                                   

 

Reflection Paper                                                                          Webinar Date: October 9, 2022

 

 

Webinar Title: “Coding Together with Swift”

 

 

I. Details of the event/activity

            The "Coding Together with Swift" free webinar, which I attended, was held on October 9, 2022, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This was hosted by Mr. Arthur Tristan M. Ramos, a graduate of the 2019 Gordon College class. organized by his group, the "Tech Smurfs," a group of former Gordon College BSIT grads who are currently employed as interns at EasyPos Solutions Inc. as junior iOS developers. He is a full-stack developer and Pythomy's product owner. The Google Play mobile app Pythomy provides free programming tutorials and classes.

 

II. Reflections on the webinar/activity give rise to (learnings)

            The reason I decided to come to this webinar was because it is a necessary component of our upcoming game development project. Because Mr. Arthur invited the attendees to participate the online programming activity and included a "question, topic, then answer" format in each of his courses, "Coding Together with Swift" truly is about "coding together."

            It was a time well spent because Mr. Arthur, a Full Stack Developer of "Pythomy," thoroughly explains each line of coding. Mr. Arthur is well known for his successful coding abilities. the advantages of Swift are introduced before the first demonstration of how to open the language. The next step is how to write a simple syntax for a straightforward issue, such as a code for a business-related issue. The data types and casting required for Swift and how to quickly encode them. The use of literals, variables, and constants in coding. Additionally, he discusses fundamental concepts in programming, such as loops, operators, strings, functions, classes, and so forth. In order for the participants to participate actively, the host ensures that each topic will be virtually presented. In addition, he ensures that we learn each topic and the fundamentals of coding.

            Programming is a bother for me since it takes so much work to code and to deploy simple programming without taking a lot of time. Mr. Arthur helps us develop our skills by asking each participant to code and respond to a specific activity in addition to teaching us in his mini-class.

 

III. Reflections on possibilities on implementing some of the webinar input on a practical level (practical application of learnings)

            Swift is a programming language developed by Apple Inc. for use in creating programs for iOS, MAC, OS X, and other platforms. Our expertise is actually put to use in game creation by what the webinar teaches. Since Swift is compatible with Apple Apps, our game development project can be included in Apple since this project focuses on Android and our programming knowledge is restricted to Android uses only. This webinar gives us a ton of tips and advantages on why Swift is safe and straightforward to develop in. Swift language offers significant characteristics that could improve game development projects, as Mr. Arthur notes, making it "a terrific alternative for future or a hobbyist game creators."

IV. Positive feedback (on the event organization)

            Although I'm a student studying animation, I should still take the time to watch this webinar. It aids in my development of the coding abilities I could need for a future game development endeavor. Mr. Arthur helped us better understand how the Swift programming language works and provided us with fantastic advice for condensing codes. When Tech Smurfs showed up on schedule, they invited us to ask questions and gave us a small respite from each difficult assignment.                                                                       

           

V. Suggestions for improvements to be made/consider for future activities

            It was my first time to attend Mr. Arthur's coding webinars but I can say that it is very successful because he does a better job of educating and describing the various programming languages, and because his online activity lets us test our programming abilities. It was a success, but my only suggestion is that he run another programming webinar with a game development program focus so that we can encode more. Overall, it was successful, and the Tech Smurfs team is always improving.

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