Portfolio of James Barwell
I am a developer, specialising in front-end development for the web and currently working for Orange. I have experience working on large-scale enterprise web applications, on projects for organisations such as the MoD, Government and EDS. I enjoy developing using Javascript and LAMP technologies (PHP, Python & Django), and have also used C# and .Net previously. At university I studied Interactive Systems Engineering, and I also have a background in standards-based XHTML and CSS. Please see my C.V. for the full story, or scroll down to see examples of my work.
07716 142 228 / james@barwell.plus.com
Vebra Online
Screenshots of the Vebra Online estate agent management software. The product is a large, scalable web app, running on PHP & MySQL and making heavy use of Javascript and Ajax technology. These screenshots show various parts of the system including the diary, list views from which to perform basic tasks and property administration.
July 2008 - February 2009
- XHTML & CSS
- PHP
- MooTools
- Photoshop
Andrew Bainbridge portfolio
A portfolio website for award winning BIPP photographer, Andrew Bainbridge. I believe the best portfolio sites let the content do the talking so I kept the design minimal and enhanced with jQuery to give it a little excitement.
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December 2008
- XHTML & CSS
- jQuery
- Photoshop
uLetStudents.com
A full website design & build for this student lettings agency, in which I was challenged to create a site that would appeal to both student and landlord markets. My solution was a clean, bright and bold site, making use of large graphics and splitting the site into two distinct sections to ease navigation.
June 2008
- XHTML & CSS
- jQuery
- PHP
- Photoshop
- Fireworks
JavaScript Clocks
Using JavaScript and DOM scripting to make a rather unique kind of clock, in order to learn to use the Date() object. They're perhaps not the most user-friendly things I've ever designed but they're fun to look at, especially when the hour rolls round! I intend to release screensaver versions in the future.
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April 2008
- JavaScript
York Astronomical Society
A full website redesign that I also take care of maintaining. It's hard to beat the beauty of nature, so this website was designed to showcase it with large, bright, astronomical images.
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April 2008 - ongoing
- XHTML & CSS
- jQuery
- PHP
- Photoshop
- Fireworks
Template websites
Two quick and easy template websites designed for those customers who want to keep things simple. The challenge was to design attractive and usable websites that were still generic enough to be quickly and easily customised to the customer's individual requirements.
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February 2008
- XHTML & CSS
- Photoshop
- Fireworks
Filezilla XML parser
This will take Filezilla's XML server data and structure it as tabular data using Javascript. It was built for quick & easy access to FTP details and for colleagues who needed to view Filezilla's FTP list without running the program itself.
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February 2008
- Javascript
- XML
Various logos
Final, approved logos: The first for Simpsons Residential, a prestigious new estate agency based in Shropshire; the second for Ziggurat Games, an independent games company in the USA. Both logos were designed for web and print use.
November 2007
- Illustrator
Guitar vector illustration
An illustration of a Fender Stratocaster, just for fun. I initially traced the outline of a photograph then based the rest on my own guitar, trying to get as close to photorealism as possible. The entire image is vector-based apart from the bitmap neck texture.
October 2007
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
Gray Greene logo and stationery
I was asked to design a logo and create the stationery for this new estate agency. The logo is based on two intersecting Avant Garde Gs and I tried to extend the brand across the rest of the stationery. The logo was designed to be flexible for all situations, whether it be web, print, a shop front or advertising boards.
October 2007
- Illustrator
