James Burt Home Page

Server Administration

Sometimes you just *need* a tool to do something....

How to list the installed Modules on an Apache server [circa 2019]

Frameworks

Some frameworks I created.

Jamstack framework testing [circa 2019]

I am working on a JamStack framework.

A light MVC framework in PHP (Single Page App) [circa 2017]

I got tired of how the PHP frameworks had hundreds of files. To say "Hello world" in codeignitor, the server had to load over 100 files! This framework consists of about 10 files total, and most of the work is done by three of them.

A light drop-in password protection framework in PHP [circa 2010]

Sometimes you just need a way to password protect some pages quickly.

Service Workers

Using a Service Worker to cache a page for offline viewing.

Service worker [circa 2021]

PHP Programming

Excerpts of some projects I have worked on.

Responsive Design (Mobile Ready) Website (jQuery UI, no-SQL cache) [circa 2014]

Creating PDF on the fly from PHP [circa 2008]

Webservice/REST/API programming

Programming an API which is authenticated through a token in headers

API, Microservices, OOP, NoSQL [circa 2022]

A system for showing weather predictions from the weather.gov site

Programming a complete solution to deliver cloud-content by creating and using APIs

API, Financial API, YQL, jQuery UI, jQuery Highcharts, Ajax, PHP, SQLITE, NoSQL [circa 2013]

A system for showing stock prices and graphing historical prices

UI Development / Raw Javascript / API

Manipulating Google's Map API [circa 2021]

UI Development / JQuery

Some examples of using jQuery to develop user interfaces.

jQuery Datatables, Ajax, PHP, SQLITE [circa 2012]

A system for managing land claims in the online role-playing game "Lords of Ultima"

Responsive Design, Measuring Connection Speed and Screen Size [circa 2014]

A method of measuring the connection speed and screen size on a browser/tablet/phone

AJAX Projects

These projects are all examples of what is now called "AJAX". Some were constructed before the term was created.

MVC + JSON + SQLITE + DOM [circa 2012]

Retrieves values from SQLITE by Ajax, and updates the screen.

Object-Oriented Javascript (Javascript-Beans)

Programming Javascript like Java, by making Javascript-Beans. Like Java-Beans, they are interfaced through "getter" and "setter" methods.

Javascript Captcha [circa 2002]

Creates a virtual keyboard which makes it difficult for robots to enter a website.

Client-Side Shopping Cart [circa 2006]

Stores session data objects on the client.

Client Side Spell Checker [circa 2002]

I learned a lot about Javascript optimization doing this project, which does spell checking entirely on the client. The dictionary is smaller than most JPG files.

Soundex Calculator [circa 2002]

Calculates the Soundex of a string. Soundex can be used to measure similarities between strings.

Levenshtein Distance Calculator [circa 2002]

Calculates the Levenshtein Distance [A measure of similarity] between two strings.

HTML Applications

Update Computer Time From Atomic Clock [circa 2011]

Quicken to Excel Converter (QIF to XLS) [circa 2003]

Afghan National Army Personnel Program (PMAMA)

When I arrived in Afghanistan, the Personnel/Payroll program could stand some improvements. Here is my effort to make it more friendly, reliable, functional. PMAMA is an acronym formed from "Programme Malmute Ardui Milli Afghani" which is an approximate transliteration from Persian for "Afgan National Army Automated Program"

PMAMA [circa 2005]