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"Emptying the cup" is one of the most important and interesting chapters of the book "Apprenticeship Patterns" by Dave Hoover. This chapter is a call to all aspiring software developers to unlearn their preconceived notions, beliefs, and biases that may have been learned from past experiences, learning other programming languages, or etc. and become open to new perspectives. In the context of software development, the phrase "emptying the cup" means being open to new ideas, technologies, and practices. It means being willing to unlearn old habits and ways of thinking that might be blocking your growth as a developer. New software developers should be aware of the importance of curiosity and a willingness to learn from others so that they can grow into exceptional software developers. This apprenticeship pattern revolves around clearing your mind of everything you know and opening yourself to new and different approaches to the problem. Clearing the mind of...

This was my first instance of using and being a part of the scrum workflow. Even though I knew how scrum worked from learning it in a previous class, I was still shocked at how enjoyable and manageable the scrum workflow process was. Our group was assigned the InventorySystem component of Thea’s Pantry. For this sprint, I focused on the CheckInventoryFrontend part of the InventorySystem. Our group did a sprint pre-planning, and we created issues for the “Convert all InventorySystem projects to new project structure” epic. I first made a sub-epic, made each bullet point its own issue, and then linked those issues to CheckInventoryFrontend (Link: https://gitlab.com/groups/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem/-/epics/29 ). I will now go into more detail about what I have accomplished during the sprint.  Evidence of Activity Issue #1: Update devcontainer files https://gitlab.com/LibreFoodPantry/client-solutions/theas-pantry/inventorysystem/checkinventoryfronten...