Projects

A mobile application built for students with a collection of useful features to have quick access to various campus resources
Project initiated since October, 2011, and finished in January, 2012
First version deployed to the Play market in January, 2012
The app is updated with 3 versions and additional features
Using Android API level 7, it is supported by devices running Android 2.2 and up
TTC bus tracking using NextBus webservice
Custom Campus Map overlay implemented using the canvas graphic library
Course Timetable and Computer lab availability using SQLite along with webservices
Youtube Video Feed using xml and SAX parser for processing

Android app entry in University of Toronto Scarborough(UTSC) AppStar competition
It is built to help UTSC students to manage and access their academic related information in a quick and easy manner
The app is built using Android API level 15 and supports devices from Android 2.2 and up
The project was initiated in May 2012, and completed in August 2012
Using ORMLite library with SQLite for data storage and DAO
ActionBarSherlock for front-end presentation style compatibility
Android Support library V4 for backward compatibility
Custom interactive calendar views and layouts

Teaching Enhancement Grant Application (UofT project)

An online web application designed to help faculties and staff to apply for a grant to enhance their teaching environments and improve service quality
Using PHP, Mysql, HTML/CSS, jQuery and axis2 webservice
Connect to an internal webservice for authentication as well as user profile access
Allow administrators to setup different grant periods
Implement multi-stages process for application approvals
This is an on-going project and already released in production

Teaching Assistant application (UofT project)

An online web application designed for department heads to post Teaching Assistant positions and assist them by making the hiring process easier with many useful features
Using PHP, Mysql, HTML/CSS, jQuery and axis2 webservice
Connect to an internal webservice for authentication as well as user profile access
Connect to a public webservice which provides timetable information and course information
Allow administrators to generate reports and download student resumes
This is an on-going project and already released in production

Health and Wellness application (UofT project)

An online web application designed for the health and wellness department to help them handling patient registration and pre-session assessment
Using J2EE, Struts framework, Mysql, HTML/CSS, jQuery and axis2 webservice
Connect to an internal webservice for authentication as well as user profile access
Allow patients to register a session online by submitting an application
Allow doctors and administrators to assign session dates to registered patients and ask them to complete a pre-session assessment
This is an on-going project and already released in production

Shakespeare application (UofT project)

An online web application built for the English department to help the instructors to design their Shakespeare courses to have an interactive way to engage student in learning the Shakespeare literature
Using PHP, Mysql, HTML/CSS, jQuery and axis2 webservice
Connect to an internal webservice for authentication as well as user profile access
Allow teachers to create a class session and let students to submit a summary from any Shakespeare literature
Allow teachers and students to have a private communication channel to discuss the summary submitted
Allow teachers to publish student summaries to public or remain in private usage
This is an on-going project and already released in production

Well-Being Assessment survey system (Freelance project)
http://www.tayyabrashid.com/

College CornerStone (Freelance project)

Web application designed to help employers to get connected with students easily
Features including: student forum, resume tracking system, and event/workshop system
Using HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, MySQL database and Yii framework
ActiveRecord for DAO on database operations
Twitter bootstrap for base styling and responsive layout
Font Awesome CSS for application Icons and styles

Blackberry TTC Bus tracking mobile app (School project)

A blackberry app built for daily TTC riders with real-time TTC bus arrival information
Built using Blackberry OS 6 JDE API
Using the NextBus webservice for retrieving real-time arrival information
SQLite as data storage, and JDBC for database operations
Blackberry map with custom map overlay UI to display stop information
Using the built in GPS library to provide near-by stop information

Incredible Word Challenge mobile game (School project)

A cross-platform 2D word puzzle game, and it is made for a course project
Using lib-gdx as the engine to build the game in Android and desktop environment
SQLite as data storage, and JDBC for database operations
Manipulating Nine-patch images in spritesheet to support multiple resolutions

Java Developer MINI Forum (School project)

A simple forum built for COMP303 J2EE students to discuss anything related to Java
J2EE web application built with RAD along with IBM WebSphere server
Using JPA framework and EJB to implement a simple DAO framework and business layer
Servlets are served as frontend interfaces along with Twitter Bootstrap for base styling

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