Millennium Park

A look Millenium Park in the historical Grant Park in Chicago, from the new features added in the last decade to the background and history of the park. The main attractions, event schedule and a features map are available for viewing with information provided about each of the Millennium Park attractions. This site was developed to build a simple and clean layout using HTML, CSS and some simple javascript. This site is for educational purposes only and not intended to be a source of public information.

SpaceWorks Inc.

A site that provides information and news about SpaceWorks Engineering Inc., their staff and projects. SEI does concept design and analysis for space transportation systems and technologies. The site is divided into three divisions (Engineering, Commercial, and Software). In this project I rebuilt the engineering and commercial divisions using PHP and javascript to provide a content management system and reorganize the structure of their sites content.

Wallspace - PHP/SQL and AJAX Version

This version of Wallspace uses PHP, MySQL and AJAX to create a fictional e-commerce shopping cart site. The original version was built using Javascript only. While the overall performance of the Javascript version is faster, this version is intended to show a more realistic and practical approach to the same idea.

WallSpace - Javascript Version

This site is a fictional, online art and poster company. The purpose was to generate a working shopping cart system using basic HTML, CSS and Javascript techniques. The database is generated from javascript, and the session is controlled using cookies. The site allows a user to browse products, add them to their cart and see their subtotal dynamically update without the need for page reloads. While using PHP and AJAX would provide the same features, this site was built simply to demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of javascript.

Media Canvas

Media Canvas is an application design to allow a user to design their own mediaplayer for their site. The size, positioning of components, fonts, colors and skins are all customizable and easy to deploy into any website.

W3Schools

W3C schools has information and tutorials for almost every web technology you could ask for. Aside from the tools and references available, there are also examples of different technologies being put to use and allows you to try the examples yourself directly on the site - very handy.

Mozilla Developer Center

Mozilla's developer center offers helpful information and tools for web developers with examples for various coding needs. Mozilla is a very trusted resource for many developers and users alike, and the developer center is another of their helpful additions.

SitePoint

SitePoint not only offers information and discussions for web development topics, but is also responsible for many book to assist in the designing and development of web material.

JQuery

This is the site for downloading and accessing documentation and examples for using the JQuery Javascript library. Various solutions can be found for web development simply from reviewing the documentation and examples.

AskApache

This site holds various resources for web development and server technology in general. A good site to query when looking for web technology solutions.

CGArena

This site provides great inspiration for graphics work. There are numerous examples, tutorials and references for creating high end graphics. My ever-ongoing 3D modeling learning is often supplemented by this site.