Markook is a chain of restaurants in Washington Pennsylvania. The owner had contacted me, after he had seen the work I did with Palm Palace. Markook specializes in Mediterranean food, with a modern “customizable” menu twist to it. My role in the project was both a developer and designer. Responsive Interface Almost all development that […]
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PennDOT Safety
One of the first projects I had to work for Parsons is the PennDOT website. PennDOT stands for  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. They have partnered with us to create a better system for users to take their Mechanic re-certification. The system had to be good looking, easy to use, modern and mobile ready. Our in-house […]
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The creators of VimiChat had approached me to design their public www website. Vimi is a “computer on phone” application that is designed to consolidate all of your files, programs and websites onto a single user interface: the VimiChat app. Simple and Clean What I especially liked about the Vimi project was I got to […]
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Laracasts.com: a gold mine of content for Web Developers
I’ve been a Software Engineer for many years. And for the past few, JavaScript has been emerging with newer, better and shinier things. But like many others, I’ve been having a little bit of JavaScript fatigue. Lately, I’ve been looking to other frameworks with more stability. Something that I rely on – that will work […]
How to Import a .fig file for Editing in Figma
Ah – so you’ve got yourself a .fig file and you’re wondering what to do with it. Did you know that .fig files are easy to use templates that is primed for further tinkering and collaboration? Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just dipping your toes into the world of digital design, importing your .fig […]
How to create an Accordion Block using React and WordPress’ Block API
I was tasked with creating a custom component for our public website which runs on WordPress. Most commonly known as an “Accordion“, it is a section of a page where you can have a title and an expandable and collapsible directly underneath it. Usually a list of these items are blocked together – forming an […]
Let’s write a simple search component using React and FluentUI
I’ve been using a lot of FluentUI lately. This is mainly because my work has chosen the Microsoft stack for our intranet portal. FluentUI keeps the look of our apps consistent across the board – so users won’t be able to tell custom code and off the shelf. FluentUI uses React under the hood, so […]