Programming Projects
wadejlove(at)cobaltduck(dot)info
At Vertafore
| Title/Description | Compliance Reporting and Tracking |
| My Role | Web-Services Developer |
| Dates | December 2017 to present |
| Environment | Windows 10, IntelliJ IDEA, DataStax Studio, Kibana |
| Technologies | Java, Spring Boot, Maven, Cassandra |
| Methodology | SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) |
| Details | To maintain the legal right to sell insurance and/or investment securities, persons must remain compliant with various state laws and industry regulations, including continuing education, exams, and licensing. Some must also disclose various outside activities to avoid potential conflicts of interest. This application assists individuals and their employers with recording and tracking compliance and reporting to the relevant regulatory authorities. |
As a Learning Excercise / Showcase of Talents
| Title/Description | Marine Service Scheduler |
| My Role | Designer and Developer |
| Dates | August 2017 to present |
| Environment | Windows 10, Eclipse Mars, Notepad++, Tomcat 8 |
| Technologies | Maven 4, Spring 4.3 (including DI, AOP, WebMVC, and Security), Hibernate 5.2, MySql 5.7, AngularJS 1.6 (including route), HTML5, W3.CSS, log4j, jUnit, SVG |
| Details | A simulated appointment scheduling application for a fictional marine (i.e. boat) repair and maintenance shop. I am creating this partly to aid myself in learning or solidifying my knowledge, and to gain experience in the practical use of in-demand tools and frameworks, especially Maven, Spring, Hibernate, and AngularJS. The web page allows customers of the shop to select a type of service required for a vessel, such as an engine tune up or gel-coat application, then select an available time and day for bringing the vessel in for that service. Technicians, that is employees of the shop, can log in to view their upcoming scheduled appointments, and can aid customers who arrive in person or phone in to set new appointments. Management can do these things, as well as maintain the list of available services, add and remove technicians, and associate technicians with the services they are trained and certified to perform. As I intend this to ultimately be a showcase of my work, I invite you to explore the project's Bitbucket repository. |
At Tata Consultancy Services (Note: Client names and exact project titles are not listed as some are covered by NDA or similar restrictions.)
| Title/Description | Customer Portal |
| Company Type | Secondary Mortgage Provider |
| My Role | Developer, Flex user interface (some Java for making WebService calls) |
| Dates | July 2009 to April 2010 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Flex Builder 3, Eclipse Galileo, Tomcat 6, VSS |
| Technologies | Flex 3, BlazeDS, Java 6, Apache ServiceMix |
| Methodology | Waterfall |
| Details | An enterprise-level banking services system, migrating a legacy dial-in system with a text interface, to a web-based application with graphical interface. Functions were provided for both one-item-at-a-time entry and retrieval, as well as bulk import and export of text files to and from the user's file system. |
| Title/Description | COSMIC, The Central Online System for Management of International Collaboration. |
| Company Type | The University of Cincinnati |
| My Role | Developer, Front-end (JSF and CSS) and business rules (Java beans and service classes) |
| Dates | April 2010 to July 2010 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Galileo, MySQL Workbench, Tomcat 6, Tortoise SVN |
| Technologies | JSF (MyFaces) 1.2, Java 6, iBatis, MySQL 5 |
| Methodology | Iterative |
| Details | A pro-bono effort for the University to create a web-based application to aid the school in tracking its overseas efforts and affiliations. The completed product was to be released open-source for adoption by other institutions. I was able to be a part of this project from start-up, participating in requirements and design documentation. Regrettably, University of Cincinnati decided not to pursue the project after the first development iteration. |
| Title/Description | Open Network/ Thin Client. |
| Company Type | Biometric Technology Company |
| My Role | Architecture workshop participant, proof-of-concept developer |
| Dates | June 2010 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Galileo, Tomcat 6 |
| Technologies | JSF, Java |
| Methodology | N/A |
| Details | While working on COSMIC, I also assisted with planning and POCs for a proposed project. This system would allow persons who need to have certain biometric data recorded, such as fingerprints or retina scans, for employment purposes, to register for an appointment, then execute the scan with a representative at a mobile kiosk. Although TCS did develop this, I was not assigned to the full-scale project. |
| Title/Description | Customer Portal, performance tuning |
| Company Type | Secondary Mortgage Provider |
| My Role | Re-factor and maintain pre-existing WSDL files and generated Java stub classes |
| Dates | July 2010 to October 2010 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Helios, WebLogic 11, VSS |
| Technologies | WSDL, wsdl4java, TIBCO |
| Methodology | Waterfall |
| Details | Returning to the first project listed, an intermediate version was created that upgraded the ESB from Apache ServiceMix to TIBCO. While I did not work on the TIBCO end of the project, there were simultaneous fine-tunings made to the associated WSDL files and Java stubs, to simplify the model and improve performance. |
| Title/Description | Customer Portal, UI migration |
| Company Type | Secondary Mortgage Provider |
| My Role | Developer and Module Lead, JSF |
| Dates | October 2010 to March 2011 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Helios, WebLogic 11, Tortoise GIT |
| Technologies | JSF 1.0 with Tomahawk, Java 6 |
| Methodology | Waterfall |
| Details | Continuing with the first project listed, The Flex UI from the initial release was replaced with a JSF UI. Likewise, validation and other business rules that had been contained in ActionScript classes were moved to JSF Managed Beans or other Java utility classes. |
| Title/Description | Portlet Proof-of-Concept |
| Company Type | Secondary Mortgage Provider |
| My Role | Sole Developer |
| Dates | March 2011 to June 2011 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Helios, JBoss AS 5.1 |
| Technologies | GateIn 3.1, RichFaces 3.3.3 |
| Methodology | N/A |
| Details | Continuing with the same client, there was a discussion of deploying the JSF application in a portlet environment. For planning purposes, the project architects evaluated various vendor implementations of the JSR-286 portlet specification and JSR-301 Portlet Bridge, including entries from Oracle, Apache, and JBoss. In particular, I developed a proof-of-concept using the implementations listed above, to demonstrate the function and appearance of several components and facets similar to those needed by the actual application. However, the application was not deployed as a portlet. |
| Title/Description | Add feature to legacy application |
| Company Type | Secondary Mortgage Provider |
| My Role | Developer, end-to-end but focused on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript |
| Dates | June 2011 to December 2011 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Indigo, Tomcat 4, Tortoise GIT |
| Technologies | HTML 3, Java 1.4, Javascript |
| Methodology | Waterfall |
| Details | Adding a feature to an existing web application (not the Customer Portal), given a recent change in internal policy regarding handling of loans in danger of delinquency. The existing application was created in the late 1990s using the technologies available at the time. Thus I have had to learn back-ward compatibility, and surprisingly for 2011, to check for Y2K issues. |
| Title/Description | Technology Planning solution |
| Company Type | Consumer Product Manufacturer, Baby Division |
| My Role | Scrum Leader and Developer, complete end-to-end |
| Dates | January 2012 to August 2012 |
| Environment | Windows XP, Eclipse Helios, TOAD, Tomcat 6, Eclipse BIRT, Eclipse Mercurial |
| Technologies | Wicket 1.5, Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, Java 6, jUnit, Hibernate, MySQL 5 |
| Methodology | Scrum |
| Details | A resource planning system that aids in coordinating production line downtime, tool and personnel use, capital spending, and advertising, whenever a technological improvement is made to the product or the way it is made, in order to stay ahead of the competition on grocery store shelves. Our three-man team earned Outstanding Team of the Quarter at TCS, for Q1-FY2012. This initial version was live with the client for approximately one year. |
| Title/Description | Technology Planning solution version 2 |
| Company Type | Consumer Product Manufacturer, Baby Division |
| My Role | Business Analyst and Developer, complete end-to-end |
| Dates | August 2012 to January 2013 |
| Environment | Windows Server 2008 (via remote login), VisualStudio 2010, SQL Studio |
| Technologies | SharePoint, ASP.NET, C#, MS-SQL 2008 |
| Methodology | Waterfall |
| Details | Due to personnel changes within this client, there was a desire for a change in perspective for the application, as well as integration with other systems, which happened to be SharePoint based. The new system copied about half the functions of the old, while adding about as much new functionality, as well as migrating the technology stack. Despite an initial lack of experience in the new technology stack, I was retained on the project to provide continuity in the functional aspects and guide new developers with such knowledge. I did learn enough ASP.NET, C#, and MS-SQL, to ultimately be able to contribute to development. |
| Title/Description | Technology Planning solution, Reporting and Workflow module |
| Company Type | Consumer Product Manufacturer, Baby Division |
| My Role | Developer, SSRS and MS-SQL |
| Dates | January 2013 to July 2013 |
| Environment | Windows Server 2008 (via remote login), VisualStudio 2010 with BIDS, SQL Studio |
| Technologies | SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Service) |
| Methodology | Waterfall |
| Details | With version 2 moving to production, the team began to leverage the SharePoint features which were the ultimate reasons for migrating the application, namely in the form of workflow and reporting. I worked on migrating the BIRT reports from version 1 into SSRS reports, while others worked on the SharePoint workflows. |
| Title/Description | Cash movement tracking |
| Company Type | National bank |
| My Role | Developer, end-to-end but focused on JSF Pages and Managed Beans |
| Dates | July 2013 to March 2015 |
| Environment | Windows 7, RAD 8 and later Eclipse Kepler, WebSphere 8.5, SQL Developer 3, Tortoise SVN |
| Technologies | JSF- MyFaces 2.1 with PrimeFaces 3.5, Java 6, jUnit, Hibernate, Oracle 11g |
| Methodology | Scrum |
| Details | Replacing a legacy native application with a web-based (on secure intranet) one that tracks the movement and storage of physical cash (i.e. paper currency and metal coin) from one bank, via an armored courier, to another bank. |
| Title/Description | Identity and Access Management |
| Company Type | National bank |
| My Role | Tester, very light development work |
| Dates | June 2015 to March 2016 |
| Environment | Windows 7, Notepad++, DB Visualizer, Tortoise SVN |
| Technologies | A common IAM suite, XML, Oracle SQL |
| Methodology | Scrum |
| Details | Configuring the IAM to allow it to co-ordinate with another personnel application. My role was as a tester with light development work, mostly in the form of XML configuration. (Note: Having the names of the applications here has resulted in crushing loads of recruiter spam. It had something to do with a windy boat's direction, coordinating with an antidote for the third letter of the alphabet 9000 times) |
| Title/Description | Account Origination |
| Company Type | Large bank |
| My Role | Front-end Developer, Module Lead |
| Dates | July 2016 to August 2017 |
| Environment | Windows 7, Sublime Text, JIRA, GIT with Stash |
| Technologies | Proprietary framework built on HTML5, Less, RactiveJS, RequireJS |
| Methodology | Modified Scrum |
| Details | Created page where users indicated acceptance of legal agreements and disclaimers related the investment account being opened. Integrated that page with web services. This project placed a high focus on ADA and WCAG compliance, so I have had the opportunity to learn and apply those to this page. |
Independent Volunteer activity
| Title/Description | The Virtual Vessel Examiner |
| Organization | U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary |
| My Role | Sole Developer |
| Dates | September 2009 to February 2010 |
| Environment | Windows Vista, Flash Develop 3.3 |
| Technologies | Flex 3 |
| Details | An application designed as an educational and entertaining enhancement to the Auxiliary's programs to promote safe boating. The application simulates the Vessel Safety Checks provided by Auxiliary members to the boating public, where the member goes over a boat with the owner to ensure it is properly equipped to meet all state and federal safety and environmental regulations. With either the real face-to-face checks or this virtual version, a boat owner may learn of problems and correct them prior to setting out on a voyage, thereby avoiding the potential for getting ticketed by maritime police, or potentially hazardous situations at sea. Having an engaging graphic interface and ample visual illustrations, the Virtual Vessel Examiner allows users to learn what deficiencies, if any, their vessels may have, or to give pretend answers to test their knowledge of boating laws. This work was undertaken on a strictly volunteer basis, and comprises approximately 2 kloc. The first version was completed in February, 2010 and released under Creative Commons. At the end of March, the application was reviewed by the Auxiliary's National V-Department, and adopted for use at the V-Department website. It remained until about 2019, when the deprecation of the Flash browser plug-in necessitated its removal. |
| Title/Description | eSPAR (electronic Sea Scout Personal Advancement Record) |
| Organization | Sea Scout Ship 717 |
| My Role | Sole Developer |
| Dates | October 2011 to January 2012 |
| Environment | Windows Vista, Eclipse Indigo, Tomcat 6 |
| Technologies | RichFaces 4.1, Java 6, myBatis 3.0.6, MySQL 5 |
| Details | This is a simple CRUD application to assist Sea Scouts to track progress on achievement of standards toward rank advancement. |
| Title/Description | Sailboat Whachamacallit Flowchart |
| Organization | N/A |
| My Role | Sole Developer |
| Dates | January 2017 to May 2017, with updates ongoing |
| Environment | Windows 10, Eclipse Mars, Notepad++ |
| Technologies | HTML5, CSS3, jQuery 1.12, JSON, SVG 1.1 |
| Details | A small app intended for entertainment purposes, that guides a user to determine what to call a Sailboat, or an item on a Sailboat, based on answers to a series of questions. The entire app uses a single HTML template, which is filled in using one of a collection of JSON config files. This is also my first experience designing responsive CSS for viewing in mobile devices. The trial version can be previewed at cobaltduck.info/sailmacallit, and this project's code repo is available at Bitbucket. |