Owen Cassidy

Portfolio

Etymograph

2015 - Ongoing

Etymograph is a web service designed to store word etymologies in a structured way. It was originally developed by me and four others as part of a large university project. Since then, I have been the sole developer. It is written in Python 3 using Flask, and makes use of several Javascript libraries for data visualisation. I have made major contributions to the entire web stack for this project, including the database, the backend, and the frontend.

Getflix Region Switcher

2016

Getflix Region Switcher is a Chrome extension written in Javascript and CSS that uses the Getflix API to switch regions for that service. It is currently available on the Chrome web store.

Pingchart

2015

A simple terminal application that makes ping more readable.

Dots

2014

Dots is a static web app I created. It calculates the dots-per-inch of a display given a width and height in pixels, and a diagonal in inches. This web app gave me substantially more experience in Javascript, as well as HTML and CSS.

CSESoc

2014

In early 2014, I volunteered to help the UNSW Computer Science society to create a new website. I designed the entirely of the site’s front-end, created almost all of the Django HTML templates, and wrote all of the CSS and Javascript. Over the course of creating this website, I taught myself Javascript.

Mekong

2013

My first web project was a simple CGI-based bookstore website written in Python, carried out in a software development course. While most students used a simple template such as Bootstrap when designing the front-end, I took it as an opportunity to learn web design and CSS, and wrote all the CSS myself. The back-end was a rudimentary templating engine based on Python string formatting, and was heavily functional. I achieved a nearly-perfect mark for this project.

Timetable

2011-2013

The first major software project I had was an Android app I wrote called Timetable. It stored a high school student’s timetable in a database and displayed it to them. It used an SQLite database, an XML front-end and a Java back-end. Its primary focus was on user interface design, and in creating it I learnt both basic Java and XML.