Zachary Horine

I am a fourth year computer science student at Oregon State University with a focus in web and mobile development. I enjoy creating fun applications and solving difficult problems.

In my free time, I enjoy camping, hiking and rock climbing. I enjoy playing video games with friends, and occasionally sitting down with a good book.

For my senior capstone project, three other students and I are creating a Gesture Recognition Keyboard for iOS. This is meant as an alternate mode of input for users to input text. The concept was that users could create a set of gestures by waving their phone around in 3D space. (kind of a cross between morse code and sign language) This provide an alternate way for differently abled individuals to type, and increases the accessibility of the iPhone.

We will be working on implementing this app over the course of the next six months, and aim to have a fully functional product by the end of May.

Lori's List is a full stack web app implementation of a shopping list database. It was built for my mother, Lori, as a way to keep track of all of her different shopping lists.

Some of the most important features were the ability to have multiple lists, all with their own customizable name and color, and the ability to cross things off of your list without deleting them.

During this project, I learned alot about full stack development, using node.js, mysql and apache. I got to learn alot about SSL and TLS and how they play into web security, as the site is secured via https. I hope to continue adding features and improving upon the design, and hopefully make it into an Android app.

OSU Foodie is a restaurant review site built for students to be able to review their favorite restaurants around the Corvallis campus.

This was a final project for my databases course. In this class I learned how to use mysql and php to put together a dynamic website. Our final project put all of the skills we learned together, and allowed us to create something fun and unique.