Alyssa Greenwell

Student

Undergraduate student in Computer Science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.


Interests: Software Development, Game Design, Creative Computational Media


Projects

Manoa Marketplace 2023

A second-hand shopping website for UH Manoa students that I helped to develop

Javascript React Bootstrap Web design

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Untitled Mech Game 2022

A game I helped develop with the UH Manoa Game Dev club for a game jam.

Unity C# Game Jam

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Agenor's Treasure 2022

A text adventure game that I developed for CS 151.

C++ Game Design

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Essays

What is Software Engineering?

05 May 2023

I like to joke to my friends that the only thing that makes you a good software engineer is knowing how to google the solution to any problem. Of course, in reality it’s quite a bit more complicated, but what...

Blood, Sweat, and Bootstraps

22 Feb 2023

I’ll admit it; front-end programming is the bane of my existence. I find HTML and CSS confusing and tedious, and I’d much rather write back-end programs any day. However, being able to be proficient in front-end coding is essential for...

Writing Code for People

08 Feb 2023

When I began learning to program in C, I learned from the textbook The C Programming Language, 2nd edition by Kernighan and Ritchie. This book was published in 1978. While it is a great reference for learning C syntax, I...

Learning a Language in a Day

18 Jan 2023

Up until the weekend before I wrote this essay, I had never touched JavaScript in my life. But thanks to a rather rigorous college assignment and a bout of poor time management on my end, I landed myself in a...