Projects

Michael-Patterson.com

A full-featured website: built with Python, Django, and PostgreSQL.

• Blog App
  • Rich text editing with django-ckeditor.
  • Images served via Cloudinary API.
  • A unique slug generator if posts have the same title.
• Contact App
  • SendGrid email API integration.
  • Google reCAPTCHA integration.
• SEO
  • Fast website performance.
  • Structured data with JSON-LD.
• Security
  • Custom middleware to manage HTTP headers for improved security.
    • Content Security Policy
    • Strict Transport Security
    • Cache-Control
  • Environment variables to hide sensitive data.
• Other
  • PostgreSQL database.
  • Cloudflare DNS integration.
  • Google Analytics.

React Todo App

A React app that connects with a Django REST framework API.

• Authentication using the django-allauth package: Register new users, login, and logout.
• Create todos and store them in a database, mark todos complete, and delete todos.

React Weather App

A React app that consumes an API from OpenWeather.

• Enter a Zip Code to get the current weather.

Rock Paper Scissors Game

A rock, paper, scissors game built with HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

June WordPress Theme

• A custom WordPress theme built from scratch following theme development standards.
• Modified pagination function to handle Bootstrap styling.
• Developed theme customizer options.
• Integrated JSON-LD to provide structured data for posts.

Raspberry Pi Car

An RC car, modified to be controlled programmatically with a Raspberry Pi.