Tech That!

Finally, my long-awaited ( on my part at least ) portfolio is live!

You can see it at http://thesquareplanet.com

Design and coding entirely by me.. The coding was not really much of a feat, as it is quite simple, but design has never been my thing, so it was fun to get to stretch my visual creativity legs ( we’ve all got them ).

As some of you may have noticed, my current portfolio is, mildly speaking, lacking a proper design ( http://thesquareplanet.com ). Over the last couple of days I have decided to do something about this, and have started to build several prototypes of a new design..

After discarding quite a few, I have finally arrived at one that I believe is starting to look good. You can see the prototype at http://jon.thesquareplanet.com/proto

I would really like some feedback on this design, as I have never been much of a designer.. Code is my thing, not pictures.. ;)

My first completely self-produced website has now been released to the public!
The page is for a summer camp for children in Norway, and can be seen at http://oksnoen.no
It allows for word-like editing of the pages for the administrators, and will hopefully soon include a home-grown gallery software that will also be released later as an independent open-source PHP project.

The site is developed in PHP and flat files/xml, and supports UTF-8, as well as dynamic page inclusion ( i.e. a page can be set up by the admins to include another site – such as a PHP form ). Furthermore, it also features different color schemes for each section, by using a PHP-powered stylesheet.

The code for this page is also quite flexible, and can in theory also be utilized for any similarly structured site ( frontpage and several different sections with subpages ). If you are interested in something like this, feel free to get in touch.

I have been working with computers and software development for about six years, mostly web based, but also desktop applications.

My primary language is PHP, supplied by XHTML/CSS/Javascript and PostgreSQL, though I have also used:

• Perl – Minor scripts for solving specific problems. Some early web work
• C(++) – Wrote an XOR file encrypter, though it was soon deemed insecure. Good experience though.
• Java – Studied Java for a year in university, and can handle most common tasks.
• Python – Written a synchronisation program for FTP/local sync, as well as some other minor projects.

With PHP I have written both free-style, as well as using libraries like CakePHP and Yii.

For Javascript I mostly use jQuery as it is both very flexible, fast and extensive.