Theme: “Relevance
of the CUBIES Game in My Career”
This day marks the 2nd
anniversary since the CUBIES Game was approved as a Thesis Proposal on July 4,
2006 during the Games of the VIIth Colympiad at UE Manila. This year’s theme is
about the effect of CUBIES Game in UE-CCSS and in my career.
The development of the CUBIES Game
is not as easy as it looks. Although all CCSS Students have a fundamental
knowledge in Java (or more formally known as J2SE), it was not enough to make a
Java Mobile Game out of it. Our group needed another Java Version that will fit
with the demands of our Thesis. And indeed, J2ME met our needs. Our group had
divided the tasks to perform. Argel and I focused on the programming aspect of
the CUBIES Game using both J2ME Wireless Toolkit and Notepad++. While Vincent
and Warren focused on the visual and audio aspect of the CUBIES Game using
Adobe Photoshop and Sony Sound Forge.
Of course, the success of the CUBIES
Game will not be possible without a J2ME Book, the guidance of Sir Bart and Two
(2) J2ME Games (Hard Drive and Pocket Basketball) adopted from the Internet.
After I graduated in Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science at the University of the East Manila, I still play
the CUBIES Game every Sunday. Because each time I play it, I could still recall
the challenges of our group in making it to be the “First Mobile Game in
UE-CCSS”.
The burning passion that the CUBIES
Game had gave me still lives on in doing my tasks at Destileria Limtuaco as an
MIS Staff at the MIS Department for a year now.
At Destileria Limtuaco, I was
exposed to Database Administration, SQL Scripting, Oracle Programming, PC Troubleshooting,
and Web Development.
In the field of Database
Administration, I learned how to grant or restrict user access to Oracle
Programs. While in the creation of Sales and Summary Reports, the knowledge of
SQL is of utmost importance. Since at Destileria Limtuaco, all transactions are
stored in many tables of ORACLE Database. With the use of the usual SQL Script
(usually in this format: SELECT … FROM …
WHERE … HAVING ... GROUP BY … ORDER BY …), I can retrieve only the columns from
the selected tables that are needed. I usually write my SQL Scripts at
Notepad++ (which also serves as programming text editor for J2ME during the
development of the CUBIES Game). SQL Scripts written in Notepad++ is much
easier to understand than writing it in Notepad or EditPad because SQL Syntaxes
are in colour rather than simply plain black. After I open the ORACLE SQL
Developer and go to Limtuaco Database (where important tables are stored), I simply
paste my SQL Script and run it. When the desired output is generated, I can
export it and convert into an Excel file. Then I finally send those Reports to
the respective department who needs it whether be it on Sales, HR, Accounting,
Warehouse, or Marketing Department.
On the other hand, I also had done
programs at Destileria Limtuaco with the use of ORACLE Forms. It is an
object-oriented and a procedural programming language at the same time. ORACLE
Forms is object-oriented in the sense that you can create a textbox, checkbox,
radio button, command button, and some other elements identical with Visual
Basic 6. It is also procedural language since ORACLE Forms is greatly dependent
on tables stored in an ORACLE Database. With the use of PL/SQL (a programming
language that extends the use of SQL), there is an interaction between the user
and the ORACLE Program. As the user adds, updates, or even deletes one or more
records, the ORACLE program responds with alert, validation, or error messages
depending on what the user had done. This behaviour is common in all programs
of different programming languages.
In addition, I am also doing PC
Troubleshooting tasks in the said company, which made me more aware in doing
the usual computer routines like taking care and reformatting a PC, adding and
installing necessary hardware peripherals, troubleshooting a printer, configure
E-mail addresses, wire cabling, and installing the necessary software and
Oracle Programs to the respective department.
And lastly, I also update existing
websites for both Destileria Limtuaco and Asian Dragon Magazine using my
knowledge of HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript. With the use of Amara
Flash Softwares, 123 Flash Menu, Adobe Photoshop CS3, and Adobe Dreamweaver
CS3, they were both created well eventually.
As a whole, the CUBIES Game reinforces
all of my abilities in 4 important computer aspects in my work at Destileria
Limtuaco – Database Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Web Programming, and
Graphic Designing. I recognize the CUBIES Game to be my greatest yet
challenging experience during my 4 years of stay at UE-CCSS. It will also serve
as a precursor for future Mobile Game Thesis at UE-CCSS in the years to come. Once
again, I thank the CUBIES Game for giving me the confidence in facing the
challenges of modern computing and programming.
HAPPY CUBIES DAY TO EVERYONE!!!
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