React | Firebase | Firestore

Project Firefly is a coding game aimed at young children, approximately five years of age. It uses visual coding blocks to teach the logical concepts of programming. It was created by a team of 8 engineers and 2 designers.

On Project Firefly, I was primarily responsible for the Firestore database design and integration in to the front end. I also contributed to the styling and development of many of the account pages, and wrote the function for converting the code "blocks" to actual animation properties on the Fireflies.

React | Django

Gnarly Funky was a small exercise in dungeon-generation by 4 engineers. It features randomly generated room names and descriptions, a chat room, and tracking of player positions.

I was the primary contributor on the UI design for Gnarly Funky. I also wrote the algorithm for generating rooms. The dungeon is generated by using weighted odds to walk out from the center of a 2D array and generate links between rooms. The process is repeated a number of times, creating a dense interconnected center and lengthy branches out in each direction.

Gatsby | React | Netlify CMS

My portfolio was built using GatsbyJS. Even though it's fairly simple, it serves as an example of a project intended to be easily edited and maintained for its lifetime.

I chose Gatsby primarily for its SEO features and ease of integration in to a CMS. Content can easily be edited or added without needing to touch source code via NetlifyCMS. Gatsby also provides a vehicle for me to practice GraphQL and React on a regular basis.