John A. Stevens II

Project: F.I.T Inventory

Tools: Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server/ServerCE(Compact Edition) 2005, C#

Target Platform: Symbol MC50 Pocket Pc 2003

Goal: To develop a system that was portable and that could be used to inventory computer systems. The system should be able to be used by more than one person at a time and could also be used in the process of recieving new computers, updating old computers and to keep track of computers owned by the university.

Additional Info: I also developed a web interface for this system using Asp.Net which included 90% of the features on the device.

Project Information:
   To start off the system was not actually that hard to develop. Between school, work (Staples and F.I.T Enterprise Services), my family, and debugging the system it took me about 3 months to fully complete it (note: there is still more testing to be done, but no system can be 100% tested). One of the most valuable parts of this system is the built in bar code scanner on the symbol mc50 that I developed for. This allowed the system the flexibility of reading barcodes (Asset Tags) that are placed on each computer. Enabling us to track each system by this unique Identifier. The program will be installed on each symbol mc50 owned by the university allowing simultaneous access to the same data. This is done by using Sql Replication. How replication works is by having a local SqlCE database on each device that the program is installed on. The program interacts with that database then when the user is ready to close the program or update the main database all they have to do is synchronize the changes of the local database with the main database located on a server with the click of a button. Alot of the other features of the program required simple logic and sql statments.

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Project: City of Heroes Chat Log Cleaner

Tools: Visual Studio 2008, C#.Net

Target Platform: Windows XP w/.Net 3.5, Windows Vista

Goal: To develop a program that could clean chat logs generated by the City of Heroes game.

Additional Info: N/A

Project Information:
   The city of heroes chat log cleaner was developed for a friend(s) who played the game. The project was not hard to develop at all. The major component of this application is it's ability to manipulate a huge text file at once (manipulating data line by line). The chat files are compiled while playing the game, but all the information compiled is not necessary and users want to get rid of information like the time a message was written, colors that appear as html markup, other users messages that they don't know and, certain message channels that are also compiled. This program allows the users to remove most information that is not wanted with ease.

Download: City of Heroes Chat Log Cleaner

Note: The download above is a working version of the chat log cleaner, but there are still improvements that need to be made. Due to my busy schedule I am not able to update the application as often as I like. I plan to have this application as an Open Source project and will upload the files to SourceForge.net after I have finished documenting the code and have made necessary improvements. If you find any bugs please contact me by filling out the form on my home page or use your own email client Jstevens@fit.edu. Thanks and Enjoy!!!

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