CS257 Software Design
Friday, 23 May 2025

+ Questions

+ Miscellaneous stuff
- Let's look at git log messages
- Moving your mockup files after last Saturday

+ Try an LLM
- login as your carleton self to google suite; gemini.google.com
    or any LLM account/tools you already have
- Task
    create a web page
    top nav bar
    left side menu, each menu item an animal
    click on menu item, content region shows a picture of that animal


- How does this affect...
    - ...our learning?
    - ...the long-term quality of our code?
    - ...the nature of software development?
    -
- What should...
    - ...we be teaching?
    - ...you be doing to make sure you learn what you 
            want and need to learn?

Questions
- more or less helpful than hand-made samples?
- if we always use AI to write code, how do we evaluate
    the quality of the code?
- what are Jeff's expectations?

- "it can turn into a crutch, and that's the end of it..."


1. I strongly urge you to write your own code
2. If you write any code with an AI for your project
    - keep it narrow (e.g., how do I use CSS to achieve layout X)
    - citation: you must include in your project
        - the prompts
        - the full responses, including code
        - just copy and paste into a document called "LLM.txt"
            or something
    - read the code! try to understand it!!!!!!!!
3. Share your experience with us (#general is good)