Senior Software Engineer concentrating on the .NET framework and C#.

My GitHub: https://github.com/JamesDunne/

• REST0-API
  • A declarative approach to creating RESTful web services which are backed by an MS SQL Server.
  • Entirely asynchronous execution using .NET 4.5 and new C#5 async/await features.
  • Describes a simple set of services and methods which are implemented by SQL SELECT queries with results serialized as JSON.
  • Runs on my REST0 framework which is an independent web host using HttpListener API (does not require IIS nor ASP.NET nor any other framework or host application).
  • Invented HSON format for storing JSON in a more human-readable way with comments, multi-line string literals, and external import functionality.
• IVO
  • Immutable Versionable Objects.
  • An implementation of the git object model for .NET 4.5 which can be persisted to a MS SQL Server database or a local filesystem.
  • Entirely asynchronous implementation.
  • Avoids exception throwing using functional-programming-inspired data structures (Either, Maybe, etc.).
• IVO-CMS
  • A very basic web content (HTML) management system implemented on top of IVO.
  • Written in C#5 on .NET 4.5.
• q.ashx
  • Single file deployment of a web handler (ashx file) which accepts SQL queries to execute via the query-string and asynchronously executes them against the SQL server and serializes results to JSON.
  • Written in C# on .NET 3.5SP1 for ASP.NET.
  • Entirely asynchronous implementation.
• Clicker
  • Simple C# console application to generate a metronome click-track.
  • Uses a source MIDI file which describes tempo changes and time signature changes.
  • Exports track as a standard RIFF WAVE file.
  • Sample-accurate timing.
  • I was fed up with broken implementations of metronomes in popular DAW software, especially those that don’t let you export the click  as its own track (e.g. Cakewalk Sonar), so I wrote this to solve that problem.
• Solstice 3D Visualizer
  • An application which visualizes the 3D room data from the original NES title “Solstice” in true 3D.
  • Written in C# with OpenTK framework for OpenGL bindings.
  • Requires the original NES ROM file to pull data from.
• Blaster Master retro reimplementation (partial)
  • A faithful recreation of the NES title “Blaster Master” on PC.
  • Written in C/C++ with OpenGL, intended to be cross-platform.
  • Abandoned due to time constraints.
  • Comes with a functional map editor to create your own maps in the spirit of the original game.

Contributions to Open-Source Software Projects:

• Dolphin Wii emulator:
  • SSE2-optimized texture decoder code.
  • All code attributed to or noted by “JSD” is mine.
  • Resulted in significant overall speedups for game emulation.
  • My AMD CPU at the time was limited to only the SSE2 instruction set so I did not pursue SSE3+ optimizations.
• OpenRA:
  • An open-source clone of original 1995 release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert for modern PCs.
  • Several branches exist, one per feature/improvement.
  • Most branches have been rebased onto the upstream ‘bleed’ branch.
  • Main concentration was on improving Harvester unit AI to alleviate the player from having to babysit them. Changes are:
    • Harvesters do not search the entire map for the next patch of resources to harvest, but limit their search to a default radius from the last harvested patch.
    • Harvesters “communicate” with other friendly harvesters using a claim system to mark which resource cells they intend to harvest to prevent harvester collisions.
    • A selected group of harvesters told to harvest a single target location automatically distribute their targets around the selected target cell to prevent collisions.
    • Harvesters auto-select the “best” refinery to return to, balanced by number of harvesters already headed there vs. distance to the refinery, capped at 3 harvesters per refinery.
    • Empty harvesters wait around for regenerative resources to regenerate in order to collect and return them rather than sitting idle waiting for player intervention.
    • Non-empty harvesters return to refineries early if there are no resources nearby to collect rather than sitting idle waiting for player intervention.
  • Made several other smaller improvements:
    • A* debug overlay mode which shows how often a cell is visited by the A* algorithm.
    • A* improvements to allow units to path together as groups headed in generally the same direction.
    • Units scatter to avoid projectiles.
    • Units path around dangerous zones created by splash-damaging projectiles.
    • Units stop certain suicidal behaviors such as finding the point-blank firing range to attack an enemy at.