WELCOME to CS, AKA the "birthplace" of this website! This course is taught by Mrs. Taricco! In Computer Science, we learn about some of the Principles and Applications (see what I did there?) of Java, as well as learning how to make and style our website through HTML and CSS! Whether you've never touched an IDE in your life or you're planning to be a CS major, there's something in store for you at MAMS Computer Science!
In CS, we do a few "Labs" where we are posed some interesting coding challenges and find different ways to implement them. In this lab, we were asked to use the AWTGraphics class (Java 8) to draw some cool little lines. This was our first time using the AWTGraphics class, so while it may not look insanely hard to make, it was certainly a lot of trial and error!
Here, you can see some cool stars of all different colors, shapes, and sizes! Cool, right?! Okay, well... I'll admit that it's not very difficult to draw... except for the fact, that actually, a computer program drew it and that you can actually infinitely generate random stars of colors, shapes, and sizes in random areas. How did I do it? Well, a magician never reveals his secrets...
Apps For Good is a project that takes up most of D term in which MAMS juniors work in groups to create an app
to help others! My group, consisting of, Andrey, Grace, and Sharvi, and I created the CostGo app, an app to help
determine whether the user is fit for a Costco membership.
Our motivation for this app was that we noticed that the average American consumer often has trouble with food budgeting,
alongside the rising cost of food due to inflation and the pandemic.
Our MVP was to create an algorithm that takes user input (like spending behavior, food budgeting, subjective questions, etc.)
and estimates how much money would be lost/saved per year with a Costco membership. This numerical value would then be presented as a more
qualitative recommendation for the user.
In the future, we want to add more stores (like BJ's or Sam's Club), incorporate stores outside the US for our Google Maps integration
and further work on the User Experience!