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Production standard forum in J2EE.

Firefox plugin for Gmail chat.

Multiplayer, 4 way scrolling game.

Personal details

Name: Jack Wootton
Email: jackwootton@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

BSc, MSc transcripts

All projects

DHTML

Experiment in DHTML - An attempt at making DHTML more Flash like, opens in new window or tab. Sample code here .

DHTML 1999 - 2001

Translate cursor movement - Move a big image using a smaller one.
Drawing with DHTML - Experiment with cursor coordinates.
Fun buttons - More fun with movement.
Small website featuring DHTML - More of the same.
The classic crosshair - A popular DHTML script.

JavaScript

Tabbed content - JavaScript to update tabs and content when clicked. Can be downloaded as *.zip. Sample code here .
GmailXchat - Firefox plugin for Gmail chat. Sample code here .

J2SE

AS2Docs - ActionScript 2.0 API documentation tool.
Web Services - Web Services using J2SE. Sample code here .
Snake - A simlpe version of the classic, Snake.

J2ME

J2ME multiplayer game (GPRS) - Multiplayer, 4 way scrolling game. Sample code here . This project also has video demonstrations attached .
Bluetooth game - Two player game using Bluetooth.

J2EE

J2EE Forum - Production standard forum in J2EE. Sample code here .
Gridsphere Portlets - Java Specification Request 168 standards compliant portlet.

Miscellaneous

Miranda - Notes, as well as some common imperative functions written in the functional language, Miranda.

.Net

C#/.Net PDA application - Investigation tool for PDAs, using web services, MSQL and C# on .Net. Sample code here .

ASP

PCO PIN platform - PIN management platform. Sample code here .
Online Financial Recruitment - Content Management System for Financial Recruiters.

Symbian / C++

Mortgage calculator - Series 60 simple mortgage calculator written in Symbian.

Design

Design work - Collection of web sites and Adobe Photoshop work.

Cellular networks

Interests

Undergraduate tutoring - Tutoring year 3 undergraduates in the Web Application Extension to UML and Web Application design on a J2EE platform [ Course text ].
Writing tokenizers and parsers.
Grid Computing and the National Grid Service (NGS) www.ngs.ac.uk.
Interface design - Specifically using DHTML.

Grid Computing - MSc Thesis

Keywords: Grid Computing, Teaching, P-Grade, Gridsphere, Linux

Abstract: Teaching Grid computing on a real Grid introduces a risk of damage to Grid resources, caused by inexperienced users submitting executables to remote execute machines. This project presents a Grid teaching solution that provides a safe execution environment for Students to learn Grid computing, while ensuring knowledge is transferable from the teaching environment, to a live Grid.

MSc thesis can be downloaded as a PDF.

PhD Research Proposal

The research proposed presents a solution to the problem of providing Grid Services. The problem has two causes. The causes being:

C1. Demand for new Grid services.
C2. High demand for existing Grid services.

PhD Research Proposal can be downloaded as a PDF.