Hey, I'm Terence Chen AKA TC 👋
I'm a software developer student based in Christchurch, New Zealand, studying at Whitecliffe. I have taken the plunge into this field and have been learning a lot throughout my journey and hope to continue doing so. You can find me on various social media platforms below.
About Me
I started in 2020, like everyone else, had decided to shift careers. After working a couple of jobs I had settled for a forklift driving job for a few years after my first time studying science. I had decided to go back to study and chose IT, not really knowing what I wanted but had experience building computers and at the time, played a lot of video games. This decision came at a convenient time as I found out the NZ government were funding IT studies through TTAF program and gave it a go.
I am now on my last year of the Bachelors and looking forward to seeing what this can lead to!
In my spare time, I play video, card & board games, watch tv shows, anime and read books and finding new ways to mess with my Linux system.
Throughout my studies, I have been challenged to use a variety of languages and frameworks/libraries associated with the language and have been able to use the knowledge obtained to create a variety of projects. This ranged from static and dynamic websites to terminal programs and mobile apps and am excited to continue learning.
I have also been able to work in a team environment and have been able to use version control systems such as Git and GitHub to collaborate with my team members.
Skills
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
NextJS
React
Node
php
Python
C#
MySql
MongoDB
Projects
Card database website
A website built with Next.js, Node.js and MongoDB. This website started as a website for the "MHA" card game where users could register and login, search the database for cards and build their decks, however within a few weeks we had to scale-down our project to meet the deadline. This meant the website is now only a card database with a search function and login functionalities.
Avalonia GUI for Card Searcher
A GUI interface for the Card Searcher program. This removes the dependency on Excel spreadsheets and uses MongoDB to store information. Is still Work in Progress.
Card Searcher
A terminal program designed to search through an excel file for a particular card when its card code or name is entered. This was done with a Python library called Openpyxl and has limited editing capabilities.
C# Console card searcher
A C# version of the aforementioned "Card Searcher". This utilizes MongoDB to store the card's details and allows me to see if I have the card in my collection by entering it's name or card code.
Django portfolio website
Prior to making this website, I created a basic portfolio website using Django and Bootstrap, the main feature of this site was the capability for it to organize, the projects I entered into the SQLite database, into categories without my interference. This was my 2nd time creating a portfolio site and my first time hosting a website live. I used pythonanywhere to host the website.
Spotify Playlist Generator
This is a Python project that uses the Spotify API and Spotipy library to generate 2 different playlists. Calm and Upbeat. This organized my music library into the 2 playlists based on the "dancability" of the song.
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