Christina Harder

The final project for the Advanced class required the following features: sign up/sign in authentication and database structure that allows User --> List --> Item. For fun, I added an API call to Yelp and embedded my movie list app. I also decorated it for the holidays since the final project was due in December. I was one of five students to present. (Dec 2016)

My first API! For Advanced class, we had to use React to build an app that accessed a movie database API and allowed users to search and save a movie list to local storage. (2016)

This site was built prior to my ACA classes. I used PHP and MySQL, and I will be the first to admit that it is sloppy and outdated...yet it still works for its purpose. My business partner at UFO wanted a site where she could organize our files and links for our clients. Some of our clients also have access. It's a simple premise and nothing really new, but it is useful to Brigitte on a daily basis.

In recent years, I have fantasized about bringing the site up to date and utilizing my new found powers of JavaScript/jQuery, local storage, and my updated knowledge on CSS. I am updating bits of it at a time.

(This site is password-protected. Please ask for password if you wish to browse the site.)

Old style prior to 3/29/17:

New style after 3/29/17:

The Attendance App was assigned in the 3rd week of the Advanced ACA course. The app is written in Express.js and JavaScript, and I added my own CSS for formatting. It's very simple - add a name, and it will track how many times that name is entered. (2016)

The Grocery List App was assigned in the Advanced ACA class. It was our first homework involving MongoDB as well as Express.js. The code is on GitHub. (2016)

Site designed from scratch in WordPress for an Austin-based interior designer. She wanted a simple site to show off her portfolio, with clean lines, and the option to add a blog later.

Copeland Jewelers was looking to update their site a modern, clean design and incorporate e-commerce into their site. With the aid of colleagues, we redid their WordPress site and the client is very happy with the result.

Site designed from scratch in WordPress for a startup in Austin, Texas, and was launched in Sept 2016. Mark wanted a blog and a site where he could show off his new product called KittyKatFlat. He liked the static background and the scrolling panels in the middle. In March 2017, we updated the background image and made some other tweaks to the design.

2020 Update: sometime since this was launched, the client switched platforms. I was not involved in this update.

I first created this WordPress site in 2014 with very little WordPress knowledge. Then I updated it using in March 2017, with a new design -- it's sleeker and more visually pleasing, yet still professional.

Another example of a project I want to redo! I am still very good friends with Brigitte, and will be working on updating it in 2020.

Judy was looking to revamp her website that had last been done in 2008 in php. We opted to use WordPress instead of php so she and her employees could update the site themselves.

The project requirements were that it be clean, modern, and simple. She wanted a black background. But most importantly, her photos had to look awesome. After some research, I settled on a plugin that does the carousel and maintains the clarity of her images. The project turned out great, and Judy is quite happy with it.

I got to practice some JavaScript by adding custom code to change the site tagline to add an href to the telephone number. (2016)

This was for my web design business. I started with a free Bootstrap template that I liked and then customized it to make it my own. A friend of mine designed the logo for me.

Originally created in html, CSS, JavaScript, I updated the site to php and pull data from MySQL. The intent was to build a family business renting out camping gear. This idea didn't end up taking off as my family decided to focus on other projects.

SilentTimer.com was the site where I first learned anything about programming. My business partner at the time started the site as he had a background in web design and programming. After getting frustrated having to ask him to make the changes I needed, I started learning how to do it myself. After a time, he no longer needed to work on it as I was solely responsible for additions and changes. This is where I first learned to code in PHP, MySQL, and HTML.

I built much of the custom CRM backend where we tracked orders, customers, and other reporting functions. It was so much fun that I worked on the site whenever I could, and eventually when it was performing well, I still created functionality that we really "needed" just so I could continue programming. :-) The company is no longer around, and neither is the website itself, but the I have the code and posted it to GitHub.

This was a one-page scrolling site where I started with a Bootstrap template, and then customized it to fit my client's needs. I discovered as adding this to my portfolio, that her site is down. The code is on GitHub.

I created this website for a professor at UT (who is also a good friend), but we didn't get to finish the project (delay on his end, not mine). I am pleased with work so far, so I decided to post the code. I started with a basic Bootstrap theme and added custom javascript to create a disappearing footer.

Simple site for a neighborhood group I created. It's mostly HTML and CSS, but I added some custom JavaScript that I wrote from scratch to change the available dates shown. It was getting tiresome to constantly update it manually when generally the dates were pretty standard, so I had fun devising a solution for myself. My husband helps maintain it now.

My first JavaScript and jQuery app built in the ACA Intermediate class. So-ay ool-cay!

Another fun app where the code was written in JavaScript in my ACA Intermediate class. I added images and made it look nice so my kids could play with it.

Simple game written in JavaScript and jQuery for my ACA Intermediate class.

Towers of Hanoi game written in JavaScript and jQuery for my ACA Intermediate class. I added the fanciness for fun.