I'm a web-loving, webapp maker kinda guy. Here are a few things I have created for my employers, my freelancing projects and my own personal projects

Posts tagged ‘Realization’

A dashboard full of charts and reports.

Our new dashboard feature was presented at our annual conference, Project Flow 2011, to rave reviews! Project managers and executives who use our web-based software once had to scour through several charts and reports to see the information they need for the day. However, with the new dashboard design, most of the essential information can be seen on one screen.

The charts are generated using a 3rd Party add-on called ChartFX.Net from SoftwareFX. I used jQuery to populate the widgets with data. jQuery was also used to display enlarged widgets in a modal dialog box. All the widgets were generated with ASP.Net code.

*update: The dashboard feature was officially released to clients on Dec 13, 2012.

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ASP.Net, jQuery

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My UI design has been given a patent!

Patent

The most commonly used feature of our web-based software is officially granted a patent today. I was one of three developers who worked on this feature. My responsibility was to come up with the UI design and develop it. The summary on the patent says,

A method on a computer for providing critical chain-based project management is disclosed. The method includes receiving at least one project plan for a project comprising a plurality of task and calculating a task priority for each...

The summary goes on and on… in other words, I created something very complex and we don’t want anyone else stealing our ideas.

My patents,

*update: If you want to read the entire summary, I now have a framed plaque with the patent to show you! Yay!

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ASP Classic, Database, HTML, Javascript

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My web-based customer support portal!

web-based customer portal

The Realization technical support team needed a way to streamline their processes with customers using a web-based application. They occasionally conduct workshops and learning sessions and needed a way for our clients to register for these classes. The IT team also needed a way for certain clients to be allowed to download files and software releases. It was my responsibility to come up with a design and take it to completion.

I created this web application using ASP.Net with SQL Server as the database. The application administrator section allows the admin to add/remove workshops, upload files for users to download, and set the user’s permissions.

Realization Customer Support Portal

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ASP.Net, Database

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Migrate from ASP to ASP.Net and our charts get an upgrade!

ChartFX.Net

In addition to migrating Realization’s web-based project management software from ASP to ASP.Net, we also upgraded our charts from ChartFX to ChartFX.Net. ChartFX.Net gave me the ability to put in gradient colors and shadow borders. However, it lacked a smooth scrolling data grid. Once again, I improvised by using HTML to overlay the chart with my custom-made, smooth scrolling data grid.

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ASP.Net

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I have a patent!

Portfolio Status

What happens when you create a chart that’s unique and uncommon yet gives you very useful information? You patent it, of course. Realization got a patent for this chart with my name on the list of patent holders!

This is a very unique area chart with scattered points. The points indicate a project’s due date completion status. If the project is in the red area, the project is in danger of not completing before the target due date. If the project is in the green area, then you’re safe.

I made this chart using the ChartFX component. It comes with configuration options such as zoom, project labels, label locations, red/green/yellow area settings.

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ASP Classic, HTML

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ChartFX can’t do it? Don’t worry, I can.

The chart is an image, the data grid is html

SoftwareFX’s ChartFX component is very useful in displaying so many different charts and in so many different ways. However, the current version of ChartFX lacks the ability to display a grid of data alongside with the bars in the chart. Instead of whining and crying about it, I came up with a solution.

Using HTML, I overlayed a grid on top of a chart and I was able to display the  grid of data, coinciding with the chart’s bars. With some improvisation and hard work, this idea worked like a charm.

*update: The newer version of ChartFX, ChartFX.Net, now comes with a grid data, but doesn’t work very smoothly. I created another version of this chart data grid for the .net version with scrolling data.

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ASP Classic, HTML, Javascript

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A web-based chart made only with HTML? No way?

This chart was made with only HTML!

What do you do when you need to make a report with bar charts, columns of data, panning dates, expandable sub-rows, and absolutely with no plugins are allowed? You do it in HTML, of course. This… was my task.

Because we have clients who are part of the US government and have very strict rules on what is allowed to be installed on government computers, I had to come up with a way to fulfilled specs without the use of any plugins. I was able to accomplish this feat with alot of DHTML and Javascript. I don’t believe there is any other report on the planet that looks like this.

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ASP Classic, HTML, Javascript

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Tree navigation done with javascript

Tree structure

Realization’s Concerto application is a web-base project management software that is packed  full of configurable options, so much so it’s impossible for a normal human being to remember them all. There are configurations to change every text, to set the default sorting criteria, the columns to show on a particular report, the columns to show on a print preview screen, the default filter selections, and so on. You get the point.

To navigate through all these different configurations for each and every report, I created a tree navigation system using Javascript. The tree navigation allows users to easily access a report’s configuration based on the user’s knowledge of the report’s location in the web-app. The display and saving of the configurations was done with ASP.

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ASP Classic, Javascript

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