shiny

2009-08-26T06:57:07Z

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

I spent about a year in my spare time aside from my day job working on the design of the site, the implementation and learning about other open source tools. Throughout the process I learned to deploy SVN installations on Linux, Mac and Windows (hosted locally and remotely), learned Ruby and Rails and came out with more knowledge of HTTP, REST and MVC than I had before. I also used the opportunity to play around with some web-based API's provided by sites like Twitter.

Shiny-Pixels.com

In desperate need of a personal site to serve as a blog and portfolio, I started throwing around design ideas for a portfolio to showcase my work as a front-end and server-side web developer. I decided to pick up Ruby on Rails after scrapping the initial design I had come up with and then started from scratch while learning something new and exciting, Rails.

2009-08-26T06:57:07Z

laa

2009-08-26T06:56:41Z

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

We received templates from a 3rd-party designer and I implemented this portion of their site. I used the light <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller"><acronym title="Model-View-Controller">MVC</acronym></a> framework that was originally created for the <a href="#rr">NoHo R&R Report Builder</a> (below) project. The portal consists of an interactive map of Los Angeles implemented using CSS/XHTML and <a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a>.

LA Alliance Portal

This project was for a local alliance of 13 community-based organizations in the Los Angeles area who advocate for quality child care and early childhood education. They needed a small online portal to allow local families in need of childcare to search for available agencies in the area.

2009-08-26T06:56:41Z

rb

2009-08-26T06:55:27Z

2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

This project was used as an opportunity to explore <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer"><acronym title="REpresentational State Transfer">REST</acronym></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller"><acronym title="Model-View-Controller">MVC</acronym></a>. I ported some of the older legacy framework code (written in classic ASP) into a newer and lighter custom framework to illustrate the technologies and methods to other staff members in preparation for a future move to <a href="http://www.asp.net/">ASP.NET</a> and <a href="http://www.asp.net/mvc/">MVC.NET</a>. The library, dubbed "RASP" (RESTful Active Server Pages), was directly based on my experience with <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a> and is very similar to <a href="http://www.sinatrarb.com/">Sinatra</a>, although technically RASP is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller"><acronym title="Model-View-Controller">MVC</acronym></a> implementation. I was responsible for the design, programming and overall implementation of this project.

NoHo R&R Report Builder

An addition to the <a href="#rr">NoHo R&R application</a> (below), the report builder was designed as a tool for users to generate custom ad hoc queries using any fields in the primary schema. The tool is capable of generating complex SQL queries using a rich representation of the schema in the form of stored meta data.

2009-08-26T06:55:27Z

ccrc-referrals

2009-08-26T06:54:53Z

2003-05-26T00:00:00Z

Working with an outside firm who provided us with site templates, I served as lead developer of this small application. Data taken in from the user is then stored in a database to be pushed to CCRC's primary database during off-hours.

CCRC Online Referrals

Built as an extension to <a href="#rr">NoHo R&R</a> (below), the Online Referrals allow customers of CCRC to search for referrals directly on the company's site as opposed to calling the center directly. It consists of a moderately dense questionnaire which is then used in a search to find providers who may serve as a good match for providing child care services.

2009-08-26T06:54:53Z

rr

2009-08-26T06:54:15Z

2002-06-14T00:00:00Z

I built the system using much of the same framework that was built for the <a href="#cel">NoHo CEL</a> (below) in classic ASP. The system retained much of what the client liked in their old system which was a non web-based client server application. NoHo R&R featured some early, pre-ajaxian type functionality by making extensive use of iframes. NoHo R&R still follows a regular release schedule to this day and receives many feature requests from an active user-community in the California Child Care industry. I was responsible for the design, programming and overall implementation of this application.

NoHo R&R

Initially developed by contract for a local LA child care agency, NoHo R&R is now licensed to resource and referral departments at many child care agencies throughout California. Resource and referral departments use R&R daily for providing their customers with referrals to child care providers in their area.

2009-08-26T06:54:15Z

cel

2009-08-26T06:53:34Z

2001-05-14T00:00:00Z

My first project as lead developer at NoHo Software, I was responsible for the redesign, programming and overall implementation of the the NoHo CEL. I lead a redesign effort and took the smaller, less capable version and improved it in many ways. I developed a small UI framework for use server-side which concealed the complexities of the JavaScript and HTML that made it work and allowed easy binding of data sets from the database. The goal was to make it easier to maintain and for development to be inclusive of the staff's varying skill levels.

NoHo Centralized Eligibility List

Developed during California's CEL Pilot Program, the NoHo CEL is used by counties in California as a means of maintaining a list of children who may be eligible for government-subsidized child care. Providers from each county participate in maintaining the list and use it as a search tool for filling available slots for government-subsidized child care.

2009-08-26T06:53:34Z