Jaren Pinera

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2025. I aspire to become front-end engineer for gaming or media companies.


Interests: Software Development, Computer graphics, Interactive media, Data Analysis & Visualization, Animation, Digital art, 3D Design & Modeling


Projects

Sustainer 2023-12-07

A web app that monitors and keeps track of reusable containers at large public events.

Software Development JavaScript Meteor MongoDB React Boostrap Git / GitHub IntelliJ IDEA Digital Ocean

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Rock-Paper-Scissors 2022-03-23

A user-interface game of Rock-Paper-Scissors against the computer in Java for my ICS 211 course. Java AWT and Java Swing libraries were used for the creation of graphical elements. Action listeners were also implemented for event-driven programming for the graphical user interface (GUI).

Java Single-Player Game Player vs CPU Java Swing Event-Driven Programming

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Tic-Tac-Toe 2021-10-17

A user-interface game of Tic-Tac-Toe in Python using the Tkinter mod and Tkinter library functions.

Python Multiplayer Game Player vs Player (PVP) Tkinter

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ACM Promo Video 2021-05-09

A short one minute promotional video for the Academy of Creative Media at UH-West Oahu.

Adobe After Effects (Ae) Animation Graphics

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Essays

Finding New Potential in Software Engineering

12 Dec 2023

My personal experience of learning software engineering fundamentals through ICS 314 Compiling & Developing the Toolkit There is a common saying that all great things come from small beginnings. This is something that I have always considered and believed in....

Software Engineering Configuration Management UI Frameworks Bootstrap 5 React GitHub / Git

Buckle Up to Level-Up!

05 Oct 2023

New Territory Web development just got a little more interesting for me… or so it seems that way. I have always been somewhat intrigued by front-end development, but haven’t really gotten the chance to actually learn it until now. With...

Bootstrap 5 UI / UX Design Web Development Front-end Engineering IntelliJ IDEA

Setting the Standard

21 Sep 2023

Everything must have a standard. Otherwise, how would we know what needs to be met? A Tedious Red Squiggle Initially, I found ESLint to be very exhausting to use… everything just seemed so technical. The sight of seeing a marked...

Coding Standards ESLint IntelliJ IDEA Node.js JavaScript

Stack Overflow(ed) with Intelligent Questions?

07 Sep 2023

“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?” - Scott Adams (American author, cartoonist) A Question Can Be … Smart? Asking questions is...

Smart Questions Software Engineering Stack Overflow

Changing Directions

31 Aug 2023

An Igniting Spark My journey of being introduced into the realm of tech started during the 2020 pandemic. At the time, I was studying at the University of Hawaii at West Oahu and majoring in Creative Media. I always enjoyed...

Software Engineering Learning Career path

JavaScript: Too Good To Be True??

31 Aug 2023

My personal experience with learning JavaScript basics (Module 1) and the “Athletic” Software Engineering Model If you wanted to learn how to swim for the first time, how would you go about doing so? If you had to choose between...

JavaScript Coding Experimental Athletic Software Engineering