A back-end based on Firestore

Vis ma ville is divided in 2 big parts linked together. The back-end is entirely based on Firestore. To do this, we have set up the GraphQL playground with Apollo to facilitate our different queries in the suite. After that, each entity is created with the appropriate structure to be sent to the front-end. The different queries are based on ids in order to produce a dynamic application.

In this back-end, the entities are divided into two sub-parts, the queries and the mutations. Our queries consist of the requests we make in the database to retrieve a user, a post for example. The mutations allow us to update certain data or to rewrite them in the database such as the user's information.

Setting up the back-end

Make our app usable on IOS and Android

In order to make our application universal, we used Expo as a base. The display information on the application. Before making our application dynamic with the back-end, we set up a json with the structure we wanted to be able to advance back-end and front-end simultaneously.  Then to retrieve the data from the back-end, we perform GraphQL queries for the appropriate element with its ID. To navigate between the tabs dynamically, we keep the same principle, send a parameter to the tab change to retrieve the corresponding post / content.

To display the different pins on our map, we use the native React elements (MapView, Market, LatLng).  When a user makes a post, and authorizes us to access its location, we retrieve its position with a custom hook (useLocation) that we then send to our database. At the map level, for each existing post, we retrieve the latitude / longitude and the content, and then generate the corresponding pin. To allow the user to take a picture of the reported element, we used expo-camera which allows us to have access (if the user authorizes it) to the front and back camera.

A front based on Expo

Vis ma ville is a mobile application that allows users to report damage / lack of security they see in public places. This application aims to connect a whole community and allows citizens to contribute to the life of their city.

Vis ma ville

Robin

Valentin

Many features available

As you browse the site you will be able to discover the different e-retailers / partner stores selling Cloudy Bay wines. It is also possible to follow the Instagram news of this site and choose the different wines according to the year. Another complexity of this site is the fact of dealing with the different markets, while displaying / hiding some elements according to the chosen market.

For those who are hesitant, it is possible to use the Wine Finder (produces one of the developers of ultranoir) which will allow you to choose the ideal wine according to the different criteria you give it. The purchase of wines is not done on the platform, it is connected to WineDirect which will allow you to buy the selected wines.

Some of the features

Cloudy Bay is an e-commerce website designed in React JS / Gatsby using Drupal as a back-office. This site is produced for a subsidiary of the Moet Hennesy group. You can buy different exceptional wines. It is also possible to book your place for the many events set up by Cloudy Bay, in their 2 different locations. I contributed to the development of this site during my internship at ultranoir with the different devs of the team.

Cloudy Bay

Ultranoir

A radical change

My 2021 portfolio was an opportunity for me to take on several challenges and to push my limits. The first portfolio I made was several years ago only to discover React and not to showcase my front-end development skills. For this portfolio, it was different, I liked several feature ideas and I wanted to implement them.

First of all I wanted a portfolio in dark mode because I liked it and I had been thinking about it for a while. I also wanted my portfolio to be as easy to use as possible and to access the information and my projects as easily as possible. I also saw the horizontal scroll on different sites and wanted to implement it on this one, using GSAP, it also allowed me to make some effects.

New portfolio, new idea

A base that I wanted to put in place

One of the features I wanted to implement on my site was horizontal scrolling. Moreover, I wanted to learn how to use GSAP so what better way than to learn with a goal. I was able to go deeper into this subject, by animating the different sections with scroll. For those who have the eye, I also added a skew according to the velocity of the scroll on the sections to bring more dynamism.

Linking the horizontal and vertical scroll (on the project page) was also another challenge I wanted to tackle and that I managed to implement. The different animations of the cursor, the fade-in, fade-out was also designed with the help of GSAP. The about page was totally designed using mostly CSS animations and attribute data to link the content according to the hovered section in JS. 

The horizontal scroll

My portfolio for the year 2021 was designed in html / css / js with Vite set up as a dev environment. It was my first personal project where I already had several challenges that I wanted to execute. I used GSAP to design the different animations.

Portfolio 2021

Several features available

Canlink me offers its users to create an account with their email address, or if they want to connect directly with the Google API in order to speed up the registration. Once connected, it is possible to manage several parameters to the shortened urls like the activation of the url, the number of clicks, the date on which this URL was shortened.

We wanted to centralize everything on one page to facilitate the user experience. The logged in user accesses his dashboard with the different stats on the same page as the non logged in users, allowing to shorten his URL and manage them without changing page. All the operation / redirection is managed in native PHP.

The different choices

Canlink me is a url shortener that we have set up during a school project. It is possible for the user to simply shorten his URL without creating an account, or, make an account and be able to manage his different URLs and access the statistics.

Canlink Me

The Selfer Web App is very easy to use and very scalable.

In the available back-office, once connected to the Notion account, all the Workspaces you have authorized will be displayed, it will then be possible to retrieve the content of each Workspace / Page as well as the type of block to then update the color, the style or the font. Everything is managed through Context, this style is then returned to our Database which will store it to return a static site corresponding to the back-office.

Selfer is easy to use, to use it, you just have to create a page in your Workspace, enter the content you want in the Notion blocks (callout, image, text). We then retrieve these elements via the Notion API, we just have to edit its content via our App, which will then propose to go live and put online its static site.

Easy and customizable

A code</br>fragmented in 2 parts

For the back-end, to create and update the content, we used Symfony and a MySQL database. Different routes exist to communicate with the front-end. To update the DB, the data returned as parameters by the front-end are retrieved, processed (to check that there are no elements we don't want to return) and then sent to the database.

As for the front end, we used React with TypeScript. TypeScript seemed to be essential, especially in our case, since we were going to manipulate several types of content and return them. The retrieval of information from the back end is done by calling on the different routes created. To store and manipulate these variables properly, we have setups of different contexts that we update through several components.

Code structure

Selfer is a web app designed using React JS for the front-end and Symfony for the back-end. This Web App is a kind of CMS based on the Notion API. Via Selfer it is possible to generate a static site. A back-office is set up to edit / update the content that will be updated directly on the site. This Web App has been realized in a 10 days project.<br/>We are still working on Selfer and plan to implement different features in the future.

Selfer App

The mixture of several know-hows

This project was done as part of a school project where we had to choose 2 brands, merge them into one and find a new area of expertise related to both. We chose to take Bentley & Dior as references. Bentley for the power of their engine as well as their knowledge in engineering and Dior to represent the elegant and luxurious side.

The fusion of these 2 brands gave birth to D'Dalos, a luxury yacht builder. During this project we created our own graphic identity (logo, graphic charter) as well as a fictitious story to explain the appearance of D'Dalos. The final goal was to present our yachts' realizations through a showroom, whatever it is.

The birth of D'Dalos

A new way to present your products

Following the different stages of conception of our brand and analysis. It was time to move on to the realization and to think how to present our boats through a showroom. It is thus here that we came up with the idea of presenting it through an interactive website where the user will be able to visit, as he wishes, the different models.

For the realization of the site we divided the task to two, Chris took care of all the modeling aspect of the various boats (some not being completely made from scratch). And I was in charge of creating the immersive site to present his models. Due to lack of time, collisions and shadows have not been added but still remains a track of improvement.

An immersive showroom

Ddalos is an immersive website aiming to showcase several models of boats made on Blender. This site was produced using Three JS. It is possible to lock the mouse and then use the keys to discover the different 3D models.

D'Dalos

Chris

A valued sacrifice

 At the time of our restitution we wished to put forward the various achievements by setting up an immersive site to the topic of the Eclipse. Through the navigation, on the main page, different explanations of our conception. A booklet is also available to present the different explanatory diagrams of our idea. Detailed darkprints are also present to explain each element, which is in the cabins and their utility. Finally, we have also put forward the interface that the martyr would face if he had to enter the cabin to sacrifice himself.

We have also presented the different 3D models in a classic way through a slider but we wanted to put them in front of us so that they could be visualized as well as possible. The product page presents in an immersive way all the elements of the cabin, be it the exterior, the interior or even our storage logic with the crematorium. Finally, in order not to forget the martyrs and to value them, we imagined a tower of martyrs where all the urns containing the ashes would be deposited, becoming a place of remembrance.

A unique design

Eclipse was born from a design fiction project where we imagined a dystopian future threatened by famine and overpopulation. To remedy this, the state sets up different capsules allowing people wishing to sacrifice themselves to reduce overpopulation and help their loved ones who would receive a sum of money according to the health and age of the person. These different capsules would be placed in various places in the city.

Cloudy Bay

Some of the features
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Wine

Many features available

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