Week 12: July 30th - August 3rd

OUTCOMES: This week I began working on bug fixes of the CMS 2002 application. Most were cosmetic, but a few required some new bits of code. Jeff and I started working more on the Template Consolidation project again. Ive gotten the script to a point where it recursively parses the entire CMS application instead of a predetermined directory. This will mean we only have to run the final script once and we'd be done, as opposed to running it for each directory that holds an old template that is being consolidated.

COMMUNICATION: This week I met with some folks from the County Attorney's Office in the OC Admin Building to discuss plans for an Orange County Task Force for Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform web site. I took their specs and brought them back to Susan for approval. I whipped up a mock up site in development and am awaiting the go-ahead for rolling to production.

NEXT WEEK’S GOALS: Well, this is officially my last weekly update for this class. Im still working with the County, though. Next week I'll be fixing more CMS 2002 bugs as well as adding more code to the script for Template Consolidation.

REFLECTIONS: It's been an awesome summer in this class, and the perfect way to end my education at UCF (Im graduating this weekend!!) Ive learned so much that is going to help me in the professional world.

OTHER: Nothing else to say except that even though this class is done, Im still looking forward to all the new things I will continue to learn in my internship this fall.

Week 11: July 23rd - July 27th

OUTCOMES: This week I continued working on the County Calendar prototype. I made "Check all" and "Uncheck all" buttons for the table layout, among a few other smaller touchups.

A majority of my time this week was spent researching the ASP.NET 2.0 framework. Im actually interested in how sites are built that way. Ive had to brush up on some C# programming but so far Im understanding everything. Ive been reading about Master Pages and how you can use them to design the navigation of your site, and allowing you to change it on the fly sot that all of your pages update automatically. Its pretty sweet.

COMMUNICATION: I had a meeting with Susan and Poonam to look at the prototype. We decided to make a copy of it and try some different layout ideas.

NEXT WEEK’S GOALS: Jeff is back, and I think next week we will be testing the script I wrote that converts postings to the new template I created. Hopefully the prototype will get finished up, and I plan on reading more about ASP.NET 2.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

REFLECTIONS: I've decided to return to the county for one more semester through the Experiential Learning office as an intern while I hunt down a job. We're in the middle of a content management server upgrade, and if I can get a project like that under my belt I should be a shoe-in wherever I apply for a job.

OTHER: I hope I'll be able to slide into a fulltime position somewhere after I graduate (next week!) Im starting my hunt, and I can only hope that what I've learned at UCF and the county will be enough to secure me a well-paid entry level position or higher.