Javascript

While making tweaks to the home page animation, I needed more control over the animation to ensure there are no performance issues or bugs. I decided to make some simple controls for the various aspects of the animation. I decided to make these controls public as an easter egg when the dolnik.ca logo is clicked within the animation to help show the different aspects of how the animation works.

After 5+ years of having a flash-only based website, dolnik.ca was due for an upgrade. After having a good look around at what the current web practices are, I decided to re-create dolnik.ca and go with a mobile-first based responsive design using Twitter's open source Bootstrap framework as a foundation.

In the name of reusability and for the ease of future updates, I ensured that most of the pages are highly templated, and pull their content from a simple custom CMS using a combination of PHP and MySQL. As for the general design I looked towards a flat and simple, yet textured layout, with a parallax background with a layer in front that resembles a scratched-up frosted glass.

When the public perception and presence of Adobe Flash was dwindling, the Flash-based picture viewer of dolnik.ca needed an update. Utilizing various current web technologies, I was able to build off of the back-end of the current PHP/MySQL image database that I am using for the Flash version, to create a Non-Flash version of the picture viewer.

For the background image, I used php to pull the highest rated / most viewed image from the current collection and added a blur effect to give the current page a theme that represents the current image collection. At this point the more advanced features of the Flash version such as searching by location, tags, and dates are not incorporated yet, but will be in the near future.

Working with Citadel Training Management, I was in charge of creating a 3D learning environment to provide training and learning solutions. While the work ended up unfinished, many features were still able to be showcased. Using the Unity 3D game engine, I managed to create a system from scratch for the user to manipulate 3D objects with collisions and physics, also with a multi-level hierarchy that allow parts and sub-parts to be attached and disassembled with ease, with minimal setup by the developer.

Using a popular powerful game engine also allows for realistic graphics and models as well as a means to run this environment on various platforms, such as standalone PC, internet browser, mobile, or gaming platforms.