Chris Rovers

About Me

Hello, I'm Chris and welcome to my portfolio site! I am a 2020 graduate of the two year Enterprise Web and Mobile Developer program at triOS College. During my time in the program I gained knowledge and experience with various web and software technologies, as listed below. As part of the course, I carried out a web development internship at SlyFox Web Design & Marketing, where I worked on WordPress sites. Prior to attending triOS, I worked at Cineplex Digital Media in a Linux based software/hardware technical support role. Please take a look at my work and feel free to get in touch!

Websites

Since completing my program at triOS, I have made a website for Aeriform Aerial Analysis. It is a static site written in HTML, CSS (Flexbox and Bootstrap) and a little JavaScript. There is also a simple PHP mailer script for the contact form.

Below are various web projects that I have made during my time in the Web Developer program. Most courses in the program span four weeks. Typically, a course consists of about one to two weeks of instruction where we would start a basic project together as a class to get familiar with the new language or framework. The next two to three weeks are spent working on our individual projects with the knowledge we just learned. As you can imagine, this requires the ability to learn quickly and good research/problem-solving skills to add to the foundational knowledge provided during class instruction.

Cancer Bats - Oct. 2018

This is a website I made about the band Cancer Bats.

This was my first web project and uses only HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

It was a good learning experience in terms of floats and the importance of image sizing.

I included functionality that mimicked adding items to a cart and displaying a total.

Show Sherpa - Feb. 2019

This is my second web project.

It uses Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core.

It pulls data from The Movie Database API.

This was my first project using a REST API.

VisionQuest - May 2019

This was my third web project, written in PHP.

The project had to incorporate a store and shopping cart.

A partner and I worked together, using MySQL for the backend database.

I designed the database and populated the tables myself.

NHL Player Stats - Jul. 2019

This was my fourth web project.

While fairly simple and admittedly plain looking, it was made in Angular so my main focus was on learning the framework, rather than design.

It was written in TypeScript.

I used the MySportsFeeds.com REST API for the data.

ComicsPy - Oct. 2019

My fifth web project was written in Python, using the Django web framework.

I used the ComicVine API for the data.

It is the first site I've made that primarily uses Bootstrap for the layout and styling.

I like the power and flexibility that frameworks provide.

Software

I have made two Android apps and one VS Code extension. One app was written in Java and the other in Kotlin. The VS Code extension was written in TypeScript.

body.move()

Apr. 2019

See on GitHub

This VS Code extension was written in TypeScript. It lets users set a timeframe (in minutes) for when they want to be reminded to stand up, stretch or take a walk. The reminder period can be updated or disabled, altogether.

Boredom Buster

Jun. 2019

See on GitHub

This app was written in Java. It was a group project I made with two classmates. The idea for the app is to suggest activities for the user to do based on price, time of day and group size. My main contributions were designing the SQLite database and some of the main functionality.

Get Up n Go

Aug. 2019

See on GitHub

This app was written in Kotlin. It allows users to create a user and edit their details. From there, they can check/uncheck tasks from their morning routine. Users can also be archived and deleted. All data is stored locally in a SQLite database.

Graphics

These are some graphics I made in Adobe Illustrator. They're for a mock company called Code Rover.