The Techie

My favorite projects

Listed here are some of the most challenging projects I have undertaken, and managed to complete successfully. The projects are hyperlinked to the actual websites so you can visit them.

DoubleDiamondDeals.comDoubleDiamondDeals.com

Clients:
Greg Baier, Kevin Hall, Dylan Hall

Year:
November, 2008

Platform:
ASP.NET 3.5, MSSQL Server 2005

Description:
The aim was to create an engaging web-front that Greg and Dylan could use to market quality products at extremely discounted prices, based on a one-product-at-a-time model.

The result was a custom-developed solution that used AJAX to make the web-application work very similar to a desktop application, including a background screensaver, that doubled as a marketing tool. The system allowed for easy catalog and product queue management to ensure that the clients spent minimal amounts of time setting up and managing the system.

I spent quite a few sleepless nights working on this project, which is quite truely one of the best pieces of software I have ever delivered.

Lunessa.comLunessa.com

Clients:
Elise Perelman

Year:
November, 2006

Platform:
ASP 3.0, MSSQL Server 2005

Description:
Elise Perelman, a New York-based jewellery designer, was looking for a web-based e-commerce platform to market her creations, in addition to her store. The project called for a clean SEO-friendly e-commerce solution that was easy to manage and use, while being powerful enough to handle a product catalog of over 500 products and variants.

The solution, developed in Classic ASP 3.0, boasts of user-generated vanity URLs for every product category and product in the catalog, real-time payment processing through Paypal, and a complete Back-Office system to manage the product catalog and sales process.

MarkItNow.co.ukMarkItNow.co.uk

Clients:
Alan Crowley

Year:
August, 2004

Platform:
ASP 3.0, MSSQL Server 2000

Description:
The project called for the development of a web application that allowed for creation and management of a vast library of homework assignments, and the facility to allow teachers to set an assignment for a class of students and have the system grade it automatically. Furthermore, the system was to be used by school children and therefore called for extremely friendly and intuitive UI.

Built on Classic ASP 3.0 with an MS SQL Server 2000 database, this was one of the most complex projects I have undertaken. Not only was it extremely demanding in terms of performance, but a lot went into the designing a UI that would be simply and yet highly responsive, pushing my cross-browser Javascript coding to the limit.

This was pretty much a long term project and I ended up working on it over a 3 year period. But without a doubt, I throughly enjoyed the learning experience that this project turned out to be. In a way, this project led to the setting up of IdeaPort.