Cartoon Doll Emporium
About the project
Cartoon Doll Emporium is a site where kids can create and personalize their own dolls. Behind the fun, there is a complex flash powered engine set up to allow the kids to build the dolls. This client reached me because my work on NeoBase framework. But, in the end, the integration between flash and PHP was much heavier on the flash side. I didn’t know AS3 at that time, just AS2. Still, knowing it was totally object oriented, I decided to use it, despite having to rewrite some code. It was a wise decision. The object orientation brought order to the code and allowed me to finish my job.
Roles on the project
- Build the flash which assembles a doll, save it’s configuration in a database and send it to the server to be converted to an image by a PHP script.
- Set up a REST api to be used by the doll builder, and other flash parts of the site, allowing the user to buy and sell items, among other actions.
Technology background
- ActionScript 3
- PHP 5
- XML
- REST
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Who am I, by the way?
I'm a software engineer with almost 10 years of experience. I have worked in all levels of development, from junior programmer to IT director. I have also founded a company in 2005, and another in 2007, I left both in August 2009. This range of activities allowed me to blend together the skills of a good software architect with business perspective.
