Why I am at MATC?

Hello, world! Welcome to my blog! To introduce myself, I will start off by briefly going over my background. I graduated from MATC with an Associates in Hospitality Management in 2006. I am happily married and have a 2-year-old daughter named April Chang. I am working full-time and going to school part-time. I have been working in the hospitality industry for over a decade now, mostly in management, and looking to transition into a new career path as a Mobile Applications Developer.

This is my first semester in the M.A.D program and I am excited for my new journey! The reason I decided to attend MATC is pure and simple, I needed a career change! My passion for computers and technology guided me to the Mobile Applications Developer program. My number one goal and focus is to attain the skills necessary to become a successful Mobile Applications Developer. We are in our fifth generation of computer technology and mobile applications is changing the way we do things, forever!

As an IT student with professional hotel experience, the number of things that can be accomplished by mobile apps is limitless. Can you imagine checking into a hotel room without a key? There is an app for that! Don't believe me? Check this link out for yourself: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2842645/hilton-and-starwood-hotel-guests-can-soon-unlock-rooms-with-smartphones.html . Times are changing and the way we do things are changing along with it. In the near future it will be very common for you to not only be able to check-in to a hotel room with just your smartphone app but you'll be able to control the comforts of your stay, such as the room thermostat setting, lighting, entertainment, etc... with just a mobile application.

I am currently taking a Intro to Object-Oriented Programming class and using Visual Studio to learn the C# programming language. I have completed several executable codes and learned the differences between Procedural Programming and Object-Oriented Programming. In C# programming an object is an instance of a class. Therefore, creating objects is called instantiation. Below is a example of a namespace (which acts as a folder library and defines class validation), a class (which is the blueprint), and within the class there are instructions called a method or function. A method is a behavior in a class. To use a method you do have to create an object, whereas to use a function, you do not have to create an object. Below is a breakdown of one of my completed executable codes assignment:

This assignment is called "How to compile" and is using the DisplayInfo() function. Main is only calling that function. The system date is used and for fun, I coded two different colors to this program and used asterisks as lines. Below shows the namespace (Assignment1), class (HowToCompile), and the Main (The Main method is the entry point of a C# console application or windows application):

Once the namespace and class are assigned, I used the DisplayInfo() function and compiled the command codes below:

Below is the final output after compiling the codes and executing it.