the Web Developer

So how am I a web developer?

In my world “developer” can mean everything from web designer to web application programmer, from software developer to information architect, from systems development analyst to database engineer. In terms of the web, usually IT work is described as either design or development, which can be confusing because even these terms are used interchangeably. A web designer focuses on the aesthetic appearance, human usability, and overall artistic impression of a website - while the web developer actually codes the functionality into the site using some web programming.
some shining websitesI really do all of these things. As a designer I use Adobe software for much of my digital design and artistry. My emphasis when coding is on solid standards-compliant XHTML and CSS so that my work is crisp, clean, and semantically delicious. As a developer I’ve coded websites with PHP, ASP/ASP.NET (VB/C#), JSP, ColdFusion, JavaScript and Ajax, VBScript, ActionScript, Flash, and Flex. I’ve integrated my dynamic front-end solutions into such back-end databases as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and even the lowly MSAccess.

Northeastern UniversityMy web development experience comes mostly from years of hand coding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with a meager text editor. I also have a Master of Science in Information Systems from Northeastern University.

There is a non-trivial of overlap between software engineering, software coding, and web development… and in fact sometimes the lines blur beyond recognition. As such, I have a separate software engineering section on this site located here, and a semi-hidden area of random programming projects located here.

Web Development Portfolio

Here’s a few of the web design and development projects I’ve worked on:

Galaxia

Galaxia

This design was my journey into presenting a fresh, vivid design that was both colorful and demi-minimalistic, and that encapsulated a space-theme (which is really hot right now). Aptly name Galaxia, this design was built on top of the great semantic website engine WordPress, and ...more »
Adobe Flash Version Detector

Adobe Flash Version Detector

This is a simple Adobe Flash file that will tell you what version of Adobe's Flash player your browser is using to render Flash-based media files. This may sound trivial, but consider that you can have a standalone Flash player, an ActiveX Flash player used ...more »
Nuclear Magic - CMS website

Nuclear Magic - CMS website

The current web design for my personal website, SteveMooradian.com (the one you're probably viewing right now), is called Nuclear Magic. The inspiration for this design came from my experience as a nuclear engineer. I undertook this project to stretch my ...more »
Advanced Battery Services v2

Advanced Battery Services v2

IN PROGRESS I am currently redesigning the website for long-time customer Advanced Battery Services for a few reasons. First, the company switched from a provider with a Windows Server environment to a provider running Linux servers and needed me to convert ...more »
Orange Plunge - Flash website

Orange Plunge - Flash website

This was a web development project I did to create myself a sharp personal website. I called the design Orange Plunge after the graphic I used for the home page that drove the entire design. The site was created entirely in Adobe Flash ...more »
Tully Legal Services
I partnered with Newkey Media Solutions to provide JavaScript navigation support for the design of the Tully, Rinckey & Associates website. The key for well-made JavaScript navigation is not just matching the style and color scheme of ...more »
Dark Electricity

Dark Electricity

Dark Electricity was my journey deep into CSS complexity and browser compatibility. My blog, Negative99, had needed a new facade and I wanted a design that connoted attitude and technical prowess. The layout includes intricate pure-CSS block elements, ...more »
Wordpress Theme Ports

Wordpress Theme Ports

There are many great website designs that are freely available online through several open licenses such as creative commons. I have taken some of these sharp pieces of other people's work and ported them into a format compatible with the Wordpress blogging platform. ...more »
Crimson Sunrise

Crimson Sunrise

This is a design I created to be used as a WordPress theme. I wanted to have a clean, classy layout but with enough character and flexibility that it could be modified and used freely. For example, I setup dynamic and ...more »
  • A List Apart Magazine :: Explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.
  • Accessites.org :: Promoting the “Art of Accessibility”, this site has a complete resource list of necessary web validation tools.
  • Adobe Developer Connection :: Adobe’s revamped development network website has a mother-load of everything Flash, Flex, ColdFusion, and AIR (among others).
  • CSS Zen Garden :: A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually with CSS-based design.
  • Dynamic Drive :: Large, quality, free, original and organized collection of DHTML, CSS & Javascript examples.
  • Smashing Magazine :: Delivers a plentiful flow of useful and innovative information for web-designers and web-developers.
  • W3 Schools :: All the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP.
  • Web Design References :: Laura Carlson’s brilliant collection of the best web design info.
  • Web Developer’s Handbook 2.0 :: This has about every web development link you could think of.
  • Weblog Tools Collection :: A good and continuous supply of web development news, especially for Wordpress.
  • Wordpress :: A state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.