DPS909 - Mamadou Diallo

In this blog I talk about my first "open source" experience. I reviewed my classmates Nathan Pang's dead link checker coded in Python.  I was luckily connected with him by my teacher as I had mistakenly confused the due dated for this first lab. Testing this code was interesting because I have never  ran or written python code. It was a bit of a learning curb as I needed to do my own research on how to properly setup and run python on my own personal machine. Fortunately the syntax for Python is similar to many other languages so when reading the actual code it wasn't too bad to go through it.  The thing that surprised me the most about working with another is how little things that you've overlooked can easily be spotted by another set of eyes.  All 3 issues that I've created can be found below :  https://github.com/NathanPang001/PYLinkChecker/issues/1 This first issue is in regards to HTML tags & unnecessary information being displayed only when pulling

  This is a command line tool that filters through a document and looks for HTML links and validates them. To use this tool, simply input the name of the file that you're looking to open ( Must be in the same directory ). Results should come back color coded to visually represent the result & will not crash if a website timeout. Using this tool with no arguments will prompt user to use the tool with an argument.  Below is a screenshot of the code functioning with 1 argument                              Below is a screenshot of the program still functioning after a webpage timeout  As seen below a message is displayed if no argument is used. Feel free to check out my code :  https://github.com/mamadou-diallo/HTML-Link-Reviewer-  

-            Why are you taking this course? I'm taking this course as I want to have some experience working with people that I don't know. With COVID-19 I know that working with people that you've never seen face to face is becoming more and more of a reality. I'm hoping that this course teaches me skills that I can later translate in my career. -             What is it about Open Source that attracted you? The ability to openly work on projects and know that it is a whole community of people that just want to improve things make Open Source interesting.  -             Where are you?  I was born in montreal and have a french background but live in Milton, Ontario ( Halton Region ). I moved closer to school when the campus transferred to Newnham but luckily moved back home right before COVID started.     -           What are you hoping to accomplish this term?  I'm looking to challenge myself & use this course to refresh myself with languages