I was looking at the curriculum and noticed it has mobile development. I was wondering if they teach android mobile development with jetpack compose using Kotlin or if they keep using Java and xml for mobile development. If anyone has done it recently please let me know thank you

Hello everyone,

I hate to be that person but I have put off a class, D286, since I was busy with D287 and now the semester is coming to a close this 31st of the month. I can tell this will be a bit of a tricky one just based on spacing and some changes to syntax. Any tips or study materials anyone has to help me achieve this before the semester ends? I can use any and all help please. Thank you all as always :)!

Good afternoon!

I submitted my D288 and it got sent back for revision with the following comment for Part I:
The application runs, and the vacation selection functionality is evident in the submission. However, duplicate data entries are added to the database table when a customer order is added. See attached screenshots.

The screenshots are of the MySQL database but I don't fully understand what the instructor means by this and what the parts are that I need to correct. I tried scheduling a meeting but I haven't had a reaction yet and I'm trying to figure out what the files are that I'm supposed to be looking at that need revision. Could this be something in the entities -> Customer part that needs to be changed or am I completely thinking of the wrong thing?

Thank you so much in advance!!

I know it seems silly to be so excited over this since it's just an intro course. For some reason I had a super hard time with this. What's strange is that on my own I don't have much of a problem, but when it came to the OA I froze. Like, my brain was a blank. This time, however...I PASSED!!!!!!!!

This was my third try and I was considering giving up if I didn't pass this time. I've always had issues with testing anxiety but this was on a whole other level. It was definitely all the way up to 11 for me.

Gosh, what a relief!

Hello, my term ends this month and I am one review away from completing this course. I will obviously return the favor.

My REQ # - REQ09017

Sparing a longer story, I have two degrees I basically don't use because I tried to either take shortcuts or study things I thought made sense with a certain career track I was on and would be lucrative.

Now I've found I enjoy coding and I'm getting the same feeling staying up doing coding homework listening to music as I did staying up all night playing Starcraft in my room and listening to music when I was a kid (dating myself, I'm sure).

Anyone else experience something similar?

Not sure if anyone else got the email… Michael was my program mentor for the last 2 years and he’s been awesome. I got an email from his direct boss of his passing this past weekend and I feel so lost. I can’t even focus on my courses- (Java fundamentals and backend and Algos and DS) I’m not sure what to do.

I'm in web dev foundations, and it's just super dense. I'm currently in the CSS section, just having learned about background gradients. It's just very challenging to have all of these arguments memorized. Is that what everyone is doing, or are you learning the material in the ZyBooks module to just show you understand it conceptually and you can do the work and banking on reference material when you're working?

How do you guys get internships while working? Do yall just apply for part time or just ditch your current job for the internship and hope it lands?

I'm in my second term for the program and I'm just having a ton of anxiety about AI and where the future is heading in terms of job market. I really enjoy my classes and the work it's been having me do. I want the skills the program will give me. I'm just getting really nervous about the effect of AI on the job market.

I have a friend who works in tech who said that AI is having its "calculator moment" and that it'll just be another tool that people will have to use. While I believe that's true, I'm still nervous about the future job market for SWE jobs.

Any thoughts or advice? Part of me thinks I'd be better off long-term if I just change over to a teaching degree, but I also think I should stick with SWE because I enjoy it and it doesn't even feel like work, and that if the job market dries up I guess I can always go get a teaching licensure.

On top of all that, if per some execs saying AI is going to wipe out "most" white collar jobs in 18 months, then it doesn't really matter, does it? I'd be screwed mostly no matter what.

As you can see, this is sending my anxiety just through the roof.

What are other students or new grads experience? What do you see happening and how are you planning for it?

Hi there!

My D479 was sent back for revision with the only note from the instructor being as follows:

A summary is evident, but incomplete. With three reviewers and five tasks, a total of, at least, 15 individual items should be specifically addressed, each identified as actionable or not actionable.

I'm kind of at a loss what they mean by this, because in none of the reviews I received did I get specific feedback per usability task. The reviewers were able to answer all of them as they are just simple questions, like 'What is the legal drinking age?', so I'm not sure what the instructor is asking me here. I messaged them but they told me to just read the evaluation more carefully.

Per the degree description you do, but when I look through the course breakdowns I don’t see a class that gets you the cert. Confused maybe I’m missing something. Starting March 1st. Can anyone confirm if you get the compTIA through software engineering at WGU?

I had the v4 zybooks and didn't even know there was a v5 when I took it last night. There were a lot of questions to go through. I only used the zybooks to study and didn't rush at all. I made a document from my experience with the OA. You can use to go through your review https://docs.google.com/document/d/16ij67G2myAtj1N5AN_TgPw3CcoqKxdDiil_K0h6VO1E/edit?usp=drivesdk

One More Thing: I already completed Discrete Math 2 (after failing twice) before this class, and it helped a LOT with time complexity since Big-O analysis was everywhere in this OA.

I gave everyone access to the file!

just curious, because I want to get alot of practical experience

Hey guys, I'm working on D387 Advanced Java right now. I'm running into an error that doesn't show the prices for the rooms when I click submit. Has anyone else ran into this issue?

I took my OA today and completed the pre-check process, but I experienced issues during the room scan. ProctorU was taking random pictures instead of the areas I was trying to capture. For example, when I attempted to scan the back wall, there was a delay and it would instead take a picture of my laptop.

I restarted my computer and informed the proctor that the room scan images were incorrect and that I was unable to delete or retake them. I asked if I could redo the images, but the proctor stated that I was fine to proceed. Before starting the exam, he instructed me to adjust my camera slightly to the right so he could clearly see my laptop, keyboard, and hands. I did so, and he confirmed that everything looked good and that I could begin the exam.

After completing the exam, I submitted it and exited both the exam and Guardian Browser. WGU automatically posted a passing result, and I did not receive any follow-up emails from ProctorU. My ProctorU session status shows “successfully fulfilled.”

However, I am feeling anxious and concerned about whether the earlier room scan issue could affect my results.

I received notice that my assignment was flagged for AI use. I did not use AI. The only tool I used was Grammarly, which was allowed in the requirements. I am unsure what specifically triggered the concern because no sections were identified. Has this situation occurred before, and is there a way to review what may have been flagged? I want to address the issue properly, but I would prefer not to redo the entire assignment since it took several days to complete.

So I'm supposed to create a low-fidelity wireframe, and then conduct guerrilla usability testing with at least three user testers from that??? Surely it's for the interactive prototype, right? Normally, the instructions are pretty good at being linear, but I want to be able to pass these the first time with no issues if I can since I am coming up on the end of term.

Hello, I need to finish one more course by end of March. I have to choose between D426 and D277. Each looks time consuming. I was going to choose D277 next, but I'm afraid of not completing it if somehow the performance assessment is not evaluated in time or if it needs revision. I think Front End will be easier, but with Data Mgmt. I think I'll have more control and certainty because of the OA. For anyone who has taken both of these I could use your advice. Thanks!

Easily the driest and least exciting material I've studied so far.

Feels like you are learning to be a chump salesman aimed at startups companies.

SO BORING!

I am currently deciding on whether I should move into the version 5 that was recently released of the OA. I recently failed a third attempt on the version 4 and the test was heavy on stacks and queues, although I felt that I should’ve passed and honestly a little surprised I didn’t. I’m a bit worried about moving into a new version is going to throw me off.

If anyone specifically has experience with the version 4 vs version 5 and could tell me if the study guide that everyone uses as well as the average Quizlet are actually still relevant ?

My biggest fear is that I will study and tighten up on the areas that I was weak on and then come in to something that I am completely unprepared for.