More About Air Traffic Controller Application

• A fully interactive application that allows users to create and view their tickets

• The application stores and retrieves customers, tickets, and airports from different databases

• The databases were made simple and used consistent formatting

• Part of a Software Modeling and Design Semester Long Project

• Created as a shared GitHub Project

• Designed based on UML diagrams and GRASP design patterns created by a team

What was Learned

• Learned about creating menu objects and allowing interaction with them

• Used custom Scanner classes to manage the transfer of data between the program and the databases

• Created multiple threads to allow for asynchronous operations as well as unique visuals

• Managed the development process and instructed team members on solutions

• Handled and resolved merge conflicts between various git branches that were created

• Used extensive debugging and error checking to find and test for issues with the logic

• Used Exception Handling to prevent a user's invalid entries from corrupting the program

• Implemented action listeners so the user can interact with objects

• Made the experience unique to every user by gathering data on every customer

• Used parsers for assigning format to date objects

More About Mario With A Gun

• Was a project submitted for a hackathon competition

• Created with a group in Python using Pygame

What was Learned

• Used Sprite sheets to animate the player and enemies

• Learned more about Pygame and how you can use external platforms in conjunction with a programming language

• Learned how to create logic for movement of player and developed in game collision physics for background objects and enemies

• Worked with a team to complete the project

• There was a limited deadline, and the team was forced to make changes to cater to this deadline

• Implemented external custom resources such as soundtracks and visuals

More About Word Search Game

• This project is an extension to the Boggle Word Search game created for a Java II Class

How the Project was Expanded and What was Learned

• Learned how to create graphical interfaces using JFrames

• Used action listeners to make the program interactable

• Used Exception Handling to deal with invalid user entries

• Used visuals and sound effects to make the experience complete

• Made the values in the word search table customizable

• Allowed the user to choose different table sizes as well as use different Lexicon listings

What was Learned in the Original Class Project

• Used Lexicon dictionaries and stored the values into a Sorted Set of strings

• Used a depth first search algorithm to search for valid words on the generated board

• Used 2 dimensional arrays to create the board

• Used various functions for checking what neighbors existed near the current position

• Used a scoreboard to keep track of the users correct responses

More About Home Automations Project

• A collection of scripts that control logic and allow for custom automations in a connected home environment

• The project was later expanded with a separate Hub to control an apartment

• As an independent developer, created 41 unique pistons with various inputs using webCoRE

• The Hub that controls the automations is the Samsung SmartThings Hub which is combined with Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple home kit, among other API's

What was Learned

• Implemented 31 virtual switches and 9 custom device handlers for advanced automations

• Learned more about how simple embedded devices communicate with each other

• Learned more about gathering and responding to signals from an interconnected range of devices

• Gathered expanded knowledge of how IoT (internet of things) devices operate

• Had to use critical thinking to solve issues and engineer solutions

• Used extensive debugging to find and correct mistakes while many different signals were competing for the same resources

More About Thomas Hansknecht Website

• Created using flexbox as a layout and using wrapping to flow content seamlessly between different devices and screen sizes

• Developed a responsive navigation menu that changes depending on screen size

• Used a repository design structure with HTML and CSS at the root with backend and visual components in sub directories

• Inegrates with a Google Cloud backend server using 4 firestore collections all with different defined security rules to allow for user and general based messaging

• Implemented Intersection Observers to gauge the users scroll position and activate scripts/animations accordingly

• Used jQuery for simple backend components and JavaScript for the complex logic

What was Learned

• Learned about Front End web development both in terms of design and in terms of customizing functionality

• Learned how to implement non relational databases for Google Cloud with Firestore

• Ran tests with Lighthouse to gauge performance, optimization, and accessibility features which were then implemented accordingly

• Used the developer console to better understand how the site functions in addition to debugging issues and warnings

• Learned about media queries and how they can be used to assist with accessibility, responsive design, and multiple browser support

• Created custom animations with keyframes and learned about optimizing animations by using only transforms and opacity changes primarily

• Used different kinds of positioning such as relative, absolute, and fixed and learned when each kind was appropriate

• Wrote the project using Visual Studio Code and learned about the various extensions such as Live Server that are offered to assist with development

More About Mad Gab Game

• Final Project for my intro to Python class taken my Senior year in High School

• First large scale interactive and design focused application I have developed

• Used tkinter for creating the interface through Python

• Implemented a skip question button which could be used to save a life and skip the question but also gave negative points to the player

• Used a long list of Mad Gab phrases and randomly shuffles them for the user

• Created a score board and 3 life system that changes depending on the difficulty selected

What was Learned

• Learned about making object-oriented design through classes and various functions

• Had to use display elements for the interface and experiment with the boundaries of what interactive elements can be created within tkinter

• Learned how to use multi-threading to create a visual timer complete with custom warning time animations

• Had to use message boxes to provide instruction to the player in addition to revealing the player's final score

• Made the point system work differently depending on the level of difficulty of the question

More About Nintendo Switch Automation

• Side Project I built to automate game night while at the company Holley

• Used Arduino Leonardo as the microcontroller and a derviative of C/C++ for programming the device

• Configured and wired varions inputs such as buttons, joysticks, and sensors

• Output results to digital interface including OLED panel, 4 digit clock display, and multi colored RGB stick

• Automates various menu selections by randomly selecting menu options depending on user specifications when starting program

• Used a main UI for the user to pick through various scripts as well as sub menus for scripts the user selected

• Tricked Nintendo Switch into recognizing Arduino device as an Nintendo Switch USB controller by updating arduino boards.txt file and using various libraries

What was Learned

• Learned how to debug microcontrollers using the serial output

• Needed to learn more about wiring to understand how to properly connect the pins to the Arduino including signals, ground, and power

• Learned how different signals are perceived such as 2 analog signals for a joystick and a clock and Data I/O pin for a 4-digit seven segment display

• Figured out than when dealing with multiple USB signals the Raspberry PI can make that process much more simple since it supports multiple HID USB devices

• Learned the Arduino needs an FTDI convertor over the RX/TX connectors to make sending HID signals possible since RX/TX provides serial data which is not transmiting via HID signals

More About ChatVUE Installer Applications

• Created Installer applications for Windows, MacOS, as well as Debian and Red Hat based Linux distributions

• Software designed with the end user in mind to be easy to operate and to prevent the userbase from incorrectly using the software

• Given a vision and specifications by the sponsor to produce and deploy the expected product

• Provided documentations and gave presentations with the sponsor, professor, as well as team to detail and understand project progress

• Used company resources for assistance and consulted professor, sponsor, and team on development validation, product specifications, and assistance

• Worked with the sponsor Nicholas Edwards from the company TunnelVUE, the professor Shehenaz Shaik, and a team of four developers

• Project was a semester long Senior Design Project orchastrated by Auburn University

What was Learned

• Learned more about Operating Systems and Installer Development

• Created design documentation for both other developers as well as users of the products being developed

• Learned more about creating docker containers for WSL environments

• Used the AvaloniaUI framework and learned more about C# development

• Developed custom bash scripts with user interaction and self changing variables

• Used various extensions in visual studio such as Avalonia for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Installer Projects

• Expieremented with creating custom Linux package installers including Deb for debian systems as well as RPM for Red Hat Systems

• Learned about Tunnel VUE's CoreVUE encryption method and the salting measures which are used for the ChatVUE project

More About Git Hub Manager

• This script displays a variety of options for managing git repositories and interacting with Git Hub pages

• The program is designed to be easy to use and a way to save time by not having to remember or type lots of git commands

What was Learned

• Learned how to develop Bash Scripts

• Used scripting to alleviate repetitive tasks

• Had to become familiar with the terminal to understand interaction with shell-based programs

• Learned more about how git functions and the various stages that git offers

More About Script To Compile OS161 Kernel

• This script was designed for helping with Project 2 in COMP 3500: An Introduction to OS/161

• This Script is to be used on Linux based machines

• The script, when executed, will automatically configure, build, and launch the sys161 kernel utility for OS161

What was Learned

• Learned how Makefile can be used to efficiently build and run packages

• Preformed many tasks after a single trigger

• Offered different options for building the OS/161 Kernel by using Makefile

More About Quadratic Formula Calculator

• Created to help solve equations for a math class I was taking

• Used the math module extensively for this project

• Preforms more operations than a simple quadratic calculator such as finding roots and factors

What was Learned

• Learned to use Math for creating algorithms

• Gained more experience with using the tkinter module

• Preformed error checking by solving many math equations and then testing the results within the application

More About Custom iTunes Music Player

• The scripts interact directly with the iTunes application to provide feedback

• The media player script examines song and meta data and then converts it into a readable format

• The application dynamically changes every second and is fully interactable

What was Learned

• Learned how to use API's for gathering details on applications

• Learned how to handle script execution differently to optimize for the script checking music status every second while music is playing

• Had to use different signals such as checking for mute status as well as audio player output

More About On Wake Sound Effects and Inspiration Script

• Created with the assistance of BetterTouchTool

• The scripts execute every time a Mac wakes from sleep

• There is a randomizer, so the sound effects, visuals, and messages are different every time

What was Learned

• Learned how to use scripting in conjunction with trigger on wake

• Learned more about how to use custom resources and randomizers in the Apple Script language