Jake Park

Software Developer

I build software with the same precision I used to rebuild my motorcycle’s engine. I treat the process of coding like mechanical design: I break down systems into components, understand the constraints, build and iterate.

P-51D Model © Jake Park 2006

Software Projects

Asteroids!

A Javascript re-imagining of classic Asteroids gameplay

Live Github

- Intuitive movement and shooting controls
- AI controlled enemy targets and fires at player
- Collision detection and resolution for all objects in scene
- Inelastic collisions allow for fun physics-based movement
- Objects textured with sprite maps against a stellar backdrop

myFacebook

A Backbone.js web app inspired by Facebook

Github

- Single page app prefetches content for quick page navigation
- Self-Join table and single request SQL queries permit follower model required for authorization of profile views
- User privacy requires authorization of friendship requests
- Omniauth allows quick user authentication via Twitter accounts

The (abridged) History of World War 2: 1944

An AngularJS site modeled on Rowan Technology's

West Point History of the Civil War

Github

- Custom Angular directives for image modal overlays for easy page navigation
- Incorporated Three.js library for 3D model object display
- North American P51D modeled in Maya

Chess

Github

- A fully-featured two player chess played in the command line
- Multi-level class inheritance structure
- Move validation via board state duplication

Here are some of the technologies I work with.

(so far)

JavaScript

React

Vue

Angular

Backbone

jQuery

Ruby

Rails

HTML5

CSS

SQL

About Me

I love to dance like nobody's watching.
I've run two marathons (so far) : [ 4:26, 4:06 ]
The tallest mountain I've summited was 10,000 feet - by bicycle!