Pass Past

Features: C#, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Razor, Git.

Pass Past is a collaborative project currently in development between two other university students and myself. One of them, Fabian, is acting as the project manager and setting targets and goals for the other student, Ashray, and myself. We wanted a mid-year break project to work on to develop our development skills, and to learn C#, ASP.NET MVC and how to interact with databases.

The problem we wanted to solve came about while studying previous exams at university, and classes used Google Docs to write what they thought the answers to each question were. This quickly became a mess of letters and comments, so we wanted to make an efficient and organized solution that all students could use easily.

It works by having each student log in through Facebook or Google, then selecting the previous exam they want to record answers for, then voting with their answer to each question displayed like a poll. Each question has a comments section for discussion that will be weighted by it's vote count.

Have a look at the site here!

Or have a look at the project on GitHub here.

KPI Monitoring Tool

Features: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Redis, HTML.

One of the projects assigned during my internship at Rakuten.

Until this point, the sales team had to manually access the database, or make a request to see their KPIs. The KPI Monitor is a web app that sorts and displays their KPIs on a large TV screen for instant feedback, and giving the team in charge of the database a lighter work load!

It can be filtered to display specific time frames, and show different breakdowns of data in a hamburger menu in the top left. This project also gave me experience using Unix and Vim for working in different development environments (local, staging), and I can now say I can navigate and code without using a mouse with confidence!

ASBeats

Features: Java, Android development, mobile, wearables, innovative research.

The first team project assigned during my internship at ASB Bank.

We were investigating if new biometrics had progressed to the point where it was a feasible authentication method for logging in to your personal bank account. This was the prototype mobile and wearable app we created using a wrist device that recorded your ECG in real time to use as a password for your mobile bank app. This involved a lot of research, writing reports, conducting surveys, evaluating feedback and making presentations to stakeholders.

I had no knowledge of Java or object-oriented programming before starting this project since the first year of university focused on Python programming, and picked up the necessary skills quickly to get a functional and intuitive prototype to demonstrate during presentations. It was a lot of fun learning how to make apps for both mobile and wearables, and progressing from testing on virtual machines to actual devices was very rewarding.