Projects by Derek

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  • This is from an 'Automation and Web Tooling' course from Udacity.

    Gulp Automation

    This is from an 'Automation and Web Tooling' course from Udacity.

    Tools Utilized:
    Gulp, Sass, 7-1 Pattern, Typeplate, Image Optimization, Concatination and Minification

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  • A commenting system built with React. It's based on a tutorial by Facebook. Mine is just, you know, better.

    React Comments aka Reactions

    A commenting system built with React. It's based on a tutorial by Facebook. Mine is just, you know, better.

    Tools Utilized:
    React, JSX, AJAX

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  • The second redesign of ExploreAsheville.com, tourism website for the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau.

    Redesigning Explore Asheville

    The second redesign of ExploreAsheville.com, tourism website for the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau.

    Tools Utilized:
    HTML5, CSS3, Goatee (JavaScript framework), Responsive Design

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  • Two award-winning, multimedia, long-form editorial pieces.

    Long-Form Storytelling

    Two award-winning, multimedia, long-form editorial pieces.

    Tools Utilized:
    HTML5, CSS3, Less, jQuery, Looping Video, Responsive Design, Bootstrap

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  • This was an Angular app built to overcome limitations in an old CMS. It simply pulls editorial content into the randomly-sorted widgets that link to other sections of the site. The design of the widgets eventually became the inspiration for the new ExploreAsheville.com. The sorting was done using the Fisher–Yates shuffle (found here: http://bost.ocks.org/mike/shuffle/).

    Music Scene Angular App

    This was an Angular app built to overcome limitations in an old CMS. It simply pulls editorial content into the randomly-sorted widgets that link to other sections of the site. The design of the widgets...

    Tools Utilized:
    Angular, jQuery, HTML5/CSS3, SVG

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  • An example for the PR team for pulling in user-generated content from social media. Using the IFTTT service, they're able 'like' photos on other social channels, which will pull them into a catch-all Tumblr account that feeds into the primary website.

    Tumblr API

    An example for the PR team for pulling in user-generated content from social media. Using the IFTTT service, they're able 'like' photos on other social channels, which will pull them into a catch-all Tumblr account...

    Tools Utilized:
    Tumblr API, jQuery, Ajax, JSON

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  • A command-line interface project for an Advanced Topics in Python course from Udemy.

    Social Network Relationships

    A command-line interface project for an Advanced Topics in Python course from Udemy.

    Tools Utilized:
    Python

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  • A command-line interface project for a Programming with C# course taught by Microsoft through their edX.org program.

    Student Database

    A command-line interface project for a Programming with C# course taught by Microsoft through their edX.org program.

    Tools Utilized:
    C#, OOP in C#, .NET Framework

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  • This was a really fun project in Harvard's CS50x course.

    Breakout!

    This was a really fun project in Harvard's CS50x course.

    Tools Utilized:
    C, Graphical User Interface

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