Tag Archives: Microsoft Visual Studio

Academic Project, Portfolio Project

MP3 Music Player

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OO Programming, C# (.NET), SQL, Client/Server, Design Patterns, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Access

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I developed an MP3 music player application. It used the Windows Media Player COM control for playing MP3 music files, and a 3rd party extension (library) for reading and editing MP3 ID3 tags. I developed all other features of app. The MP3 music player played music from a playlist. The user could add music to the playlist from the music library. The music library was stored in a searchable Microsoft Access database. The user could also search and download music from a companion server application that I also developed.

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Academic Project, Portfolio Project

3D Duck Pond

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Technology

Programming, C++, OpenGL, Microsoft Visual Studio

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I developed a 3D Duck Pond visualisation written in C++ & OpenGL, which facilitated practical experience of Visualisation Technique theories.

The Lecturer provided a basic visualisation containing hills & ducks. I added water, trees and a full day-night cycle (consisting of a moving sun and changing sky/light colours).

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Academic Project, Dissertation, Portfolio Project

3D Windows Explorer (BSc Dissertation)

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Technology

OO Programming, OO Analysis/Design, Design Patterns, Java, Java3D, db4o (ODBMS), C# (.NET), BlueJ, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visio

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For My Undergraduate Degree Dissertation, I Developed A Research-Based ‘3D Windows Explorer’ in Java & Java3D. The app used visual cues to help identify directory structures. Using the Waterfall Model development lifecycle, I performed all aspects of software development. Extensive Object Oriented Analysis and Design (using Unified Modelling Language) led to a solution that was implemented and tested, before it was critically evaluated against its requirements to complete my dissertation.

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