Justus Fee

Projects

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I grew up on the Nintendo 64 and played a ton of games growing up. I thought it would be fun to try to document my thoughts on all of the ones I remember playing. For the record, my favorite genres are strategy, simulation, and shooter.

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Music Album Ratings

I love revisiting old code because I can compare how much I've grown since last writing, and also use the opportunity to flex my new muscles. Note: The Web Audio API used on this page does not work on Safari (Boo Apple!).

This site was originally made between my Deus Vult! and alignment chart sites, so I was still very new to JavaScript and web development in general. With a year of veterancy, I thought I'd give it a retry. Now featuring revamped aesthetics, a robust tagging system, and database integration!

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Shogun! — A Sengoku-era Nation Roleplaying Game

This game is a spiritual successor to my other nation roleplaying game, "Deus Vult". In the year since I first made Deus Vult!, I learned a lot about SVGs, JavaScript, and UI design. This site is a culmination of everything I've learned during my time in lockdown during Covid-19.

Shogun! takes place in Japan circa 1550. It is an age of samurai, gunpowder, and the desire to end almost two centuries of civil war. I recommend checking out the map. I spent a lot of time perfecting it and the improvement between this implementation and my first attempt with Deus Vult! is clear.

Check out my postmortem on this site here!

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D&D Interactive Campaign Map

This project was my first foray into Ajax and another exercise in modals. I wanted to create an interactive feature that would help with an ongoing Dungeons & Dragons campaign my friends and I are playing. Using this tool, players can pin important or interesting locations with an icon and tag and view them at any time. An easy way to breathe life into a picture!

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Cat Picture Gallery

I love cats. But I'm also allergic to them. It's no secret to my friends that I like to collect funny pictures of cats, too. My favorite pose is when they sit like a loaf of bread (or my absolute favorite, when they only make a half-baked attempt). I made this site so I could easily share my growing collection with my friends. In doing so I learned about modals!

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Big Wave Radio

The inspiration for this came from a website that plays the hourly Animal Crossing music according to the real world time. I wanted to take it a step further, so I combined the faux radio concept with some chill genres like yacht rock ("soft rock that doesn't rock the boat") and Japanese city pop. Great for when I need some calm background music and don't feel like fiddling around on Spotify or searching on YouTube for the specific stuff I want.

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Reading List

The point of this site is twofold: 1. I wanted to redo an old website of mine and 2. I wanted to keep track of my reading. I've been trying to get back into reading again and use lists like these to chart my next pick. I may eventually add some greater functionality to this, but for now its filtering and display systems get me where I need to be. I'm most proud of the aesthetics on this site.

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Flag Creator

This project was a reimagining of Scrontch's Flag Designer. It functions in a very different way, though. The flags are created through JavaScript instead of query strings, and the flags are POSTed into my webserver for safe keeping (which you can see here), among other differences.

Check out my postmortem on this site here!

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Resume Website

This website! It's running on a LAMP stack with the three musketeers: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I wanted to keep the site simple so I opted for a single-page design. I have it functioning as a faux-dynamic page where you can click around and never leave. Super simple and easy to use!

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Instant Alignment Chart Maker

I was a bit frustrated with other alignment chart template sites and so decided to make my own. Now, it's as easy as clicking the boxes and picking your image. Don't worry, nothing is saved. The site takes the picture you upload and simply changes the associated image's source to it. Easy peasy.

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Deus Vult! — A Crusade-era Nation Roleplaying Game

This website acts as the nexus for an online nation roleplaying game I host that takes place during the Crusades. In short, it's a bunch of history nerds gathered together and talking politics, trade, and wars of religion as if they're countries like England or Egypt. Think of it like old school forum roleplaying games, or even mail chess. From this site, players can see what their competition is, customize their chosen nation, and peek at the map to see what the world looks like.

This site was a huge undertaking and I learned a load of new stuff from working on it. I'd recommend checking out the nation customizer or the map to see some really great work. It's also where I dumped most of my development time!

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D&D 5e Item Generator

I first learned JavaScript by messing around with making name and quote generators. After some time, my interest expanded into generating weapons, armor, potions, and all other manner of loot for use in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Events often take unexpected turns during these campaigns, so having some rewards just a click away is always a great utility. Thus, this tool was born.

Check out my postmortem on this site here!

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Scripts

Batch Image Renaming Tool (BIRT)

BIRT is a beloved Python script I wrote back in April 2019. It's used to rename my ever-growing stockpile of pictures. I always admired programming's ability to solve problems and help people out, and making something that can assist me is a fine demonstration. Simply run it, give it the root directory of the stuff you want to rename, and it'll rename every single file in every single folder to a randomly generated 32-digit string. Clean, uniform, and effective.

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Image Scraping Tool

My image scraping tool and BIRT make a perfect couple. I'd originally picked up webscraping as a personal summertime exploration (data is power and all that jazz). After some messing around with scraping text and downloading webpages, I decided to try for images. I have different versions of this script for different websites, but the one I'm presenting is the simplest and is for the popular message and imageboard, 4chan.

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Images courtesy of game-icons.net.

Experience

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Rowan University, NJ

Fall 2020

Skills

Proficient Languages: Python, Java, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Familiar Languages: C++, C, Scheme, Prolog, Ada

Tools: Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Amazon Web Services (EC2), frameworks (Bootstrap, Flask), SSH/FTP clients (MobaXTerm, PuTTY, FileZilla), editing software (Adobe Photoshop, Sony Vegas), provisioners (Docker, Vagrant)

Systems: Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux

Work

Web Developer
RunSignup, Inc. — Moorestown, NJ

Jan 2021 - Present

Implemented major design changes on customer-facing utilities
Propagated UX changes to improve site usability and accessibility
Retired old design components throughout the site in favor of modern solutions
Partnered with team members to clear roadblocks and improve site changes

Co-op Web Developer
RunSignup, Inc. — Moorestown, NJ

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Successfully implemented an improved virtual development environment backed by Docker and Vagrant
Researched containerization, virtual machines, and merits of virtual development environments
Investigated hundreds of lines of legacy code to understand project needs
Communicated effectively with team members twice a week during Agile meetings
Wrote thorough documentation covering research and setup procedures

Student Webmaster Team Leader
Rowan University — Glassboro, NJ

Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

Led and trained two teams of webmasters in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and MySQL
Organized and managed project meetings between professors and departments
Created several websites and web applications hosted on AWS featuring database integration
Learned to navigate through Unix systems to modify databases, access files, and update permissions
Worked extensively with databases to fix errors and retrieve information

Student Webmaster
Rowan University — Glassboro, NJ

Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

Regularly updated multiple university websites using the Cascade CMS
Interacted with AWS to create new pages using multiple languages and frameworks
Kept close electronic and verbal contact with professors, students, and other team members

Work Projects

Docker-Based Virtual Environment
RunSignup, Inc. — Moorestown, NJ

Spring 2020

Researched Docker, Packer, Vagrant, and Amazon Linux 2 to create a new virtual development environment
Analyzed hundreds of lines of legacy infrastructure scripts to adapt for new project
Worked closely with CTO and team members to gauge impact and progress
Used by all developers since February 2021

Summer Symposium Registration Site
Rowan University — Glassboro, NJ

Summer 2019

Approached by Rowan College of Science and Mathematics to develop a registration system for an upcoming symposium
Deadline was set for one week, needed immediately
Led a team of four developers to design, program, test, and launch the site within three days
Featured MySQL database integration and HTML+CSS front-end
Successfully handled college-wide registration of more than 50 teams

Quiz Web Application
Rowan University — Glassboro, NJ

Summer 2018

Teamed up with a senior student to design and build an online quiz web application
Used regularly since its creation in August 2018 with over 1000 student user accounts
Included a front-end developed in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Results were stored in and questions pulled from a MySQL database integrated with the site
Hosted on AWS and linked together using PHP and the Python Flask framework