Joshua Boyd


Software Developer

Programming Enthusiast

Computer Nerd

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Github

About

me

My interest in programming began at age 11 with a trip to the bookstore one day with my grandmother. While browsing the technology section, I stumbled upon a book titled 'C++ For Dummies'. I had no idea what a programming language was, but I had grown up playing computer games so the code in the book intrigued me. Shortly after convicing my grandmother to buy the book, I was writing my first "Hello World." program. Fast forwarding to the present, I now hold a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. I am also currently pursuing my graduate degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University. In particular, my research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Computing, and Cryptography.

Want to collaborate on a project? Need an extra programmer for a particular task? Maybe you just want to say hi? Feel free to reach out and let me know you stopped by!

Contact

Skills

html

HTML

css

CSS

javascript

JavaScript

python

Python

ruby

Ruby

rails

Rails

java

Java

c++

C++

sql

SQL

linux

Linux Certified

git

Git

swift

Swift/iOS

Projects

blog project

Boyd's Blog

This was a project done to learn the basics of Ruby on Rails. It includes a blog home page that displays written articles, as well as a system for readers to comment on an article.

This site is hosted using Heroku's free plan at https://boydsblog.herokuapp.com.
2d game project

Highway Racer

A 2D car game made in C++ using SFML. The objective of the game is to drive your car and avoid other cars on the road for as long as possible.
instant messenger project

Python-Gui-Messenger

A gui wrapper for a socket connection between two ip addresses.
quiz generator project

QuizMaker

Java Program for turning questions and answers into a randomized quiz. Users are able to create sets of questions and save them for later use. Program also keep track of user's recent and average score for each question set.