I always like to work on coding outside of class. Recently, I have been doing many freelance website project under the guidance of Christine Moore. I have made a site for two non-profit organizations, the women in computing club here at the college, and a small start up in Charleston. I am learning alot doing this. I would like to learn way more though. I checked out books from the library on Javascript and PHP. I want to learn these languages to make my websites more interactive. I am using what I learned on the project for this course as well.
Another aspect of computers I would like to branch out to is developing apps. I have an idea on a particular app that I would need in my daily life. When developing apps, I heard it was a good idea to develop one that you personally would like to use. I do not have a car, so sometimes I depend on local transportation to get where I'm going. I have to wait a long time for the bus when it is late. I would like to make an app that tells bus riders how far away their bus is. I've seen this system already on Washington D.C.'s Metro. However, their system was by the tracks. It was not on the rider's handheld. CARTA also had this system online. But yet again it was not available on a phone where it would be the most convenient.The system would involve sensors on each bus. The system would then calculate how far the bus is from the person's location. This would all be shown on a map on Charleston.
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