This week we continued to learn about computer networks and the importance of the security layer. We learned about why network security is important and how programs are written to verify communications between network connected clients. I found it particularly interesting to learn the various ways people will try to hack into communications sent between clients and deceive or block those communications. I enjoyed learning about symmetric key and private/public key encryption systems. I also found the lab this week useful in applying what was learned regarding the security layer in out simulated client/sever communications.
Part One: Supporting and Commenting on Teammate's Goals I visited the following teammate's blogs and commented on their goals. Juan's Blog Vance's Blog Part Two: Possible Capstone Ideas The three ideas I have for my capstone project are two different mobile apps and one indie game. For the two apps I am thinking of creating something in Swift, the programming language of iOS. The first app is a passion project that involves a list builder for a miniature tabletop game called OnePageRules. It is an independent miniature game ruleset and already has a web version. My app would take that template and adapt it for iOS. The second app would be a simple star wars app that utilizes an online API for Star Wars call SWAPI. This API has a number of entries related to the Star Wars universe in JSON format. My app would connect to this online API, download specific pieces of data and display them in the app. The third idea would be to create a simple side scroller game. The game ...
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