EDU 779 Reflection
The first thing I learned in this course is that there is so much I do not know about the inner workings of a website/database. Every YouTube video I watched about the inner workings of apps like Uber, Twitter, and Ticketmaster astounded me by the sheer amount of work that goes into making sure it runs smoothly. In my future work as a librarian, I consider this when it comes to using apps and helping patrons navigate websites. I do not plan to enter the marketing/database side of librarianship, but I have a new greater appreciation for the work that goes into maintaining a database. If I were to create an app that I learned about in this course I would need to take a lot more coding courses to make sure that it is user-friendly. One of the most important aspects of any app is the usability. Users and patrons do not want to use apps that constantly lag and share incorrect information. I would need to make sure that all the data and routes that go on in the background of the app are...