Daniel Elkik
I'm Daniel Elkik, a Computer Science student in the Daedalus Scholars Program at Hunter College. I'm interested in all things Computer Science including Data Science and Full-Stack Development. The field of CS that I am most interested in is Back-End Development. I love implementing algorithms that will do all the work the user needs. I find it most enjoyable when I need to sit down for hours at a time designing solutions to various problems and then have to figure out what in my code needs to be fixed. The more effort I put into designing and debugging code, the more rewarding it is to finally see my code in action. Outside of work, I enjoy hobbies that invoke these similar feelings. Drawing is one of my hobbies that I enjoy the most due to the amount of effort needed to replicate an image, not only through the way it physically looks, but also through the perspective that it is seen from.
Personal and school projects (with more to come!)
BMMO
BMMO is a game-ified workpout app. It allows for users to exercise on their own time while also developing their stats in the app. The app takes the user and gives them various "stats" that is usually seen in RPGs (role-playing games). These stats include strength, stamina, and health. The more the user exercises, the more experience points they get which will level them up. Each exercise will be displayed on their page for others to see. The user has a choice between various exercises and the more time they take exercising, the more experience they get towards leveling up themselves. The app was built using Android Studio in a team of 4 and was awarded second place against 8 other teams.
Budget Tree
Budget Tree is a budgeting website meant to give the user the freedom to design their monthly budget however they want. Using various data visualization tools, the user is able to keep track of how much of their budget they've spent compared to their monthly income. Anytime the user is overbudget, the data visualization tools will show them that they need to be careful. When inputting a transaction, the user has the ability to provide the name, the category, price, date, and any notes they want to leave for themselves. The data is stored using the MongoDB database and hosted using Heroku.
Space Force
Space Force is a two-week group project that was presented at the Hunter College Codefest at Google. This Space Invader's themed project is an educational children's game, made in Python, meant to teach them one fun fact about each of the planets while also presenting a challenge. They only have three lives and shooting the wrong planet will cause a Game Over. Within the team behind the project, I had worked on the Object-Oriented Programing with one other member and a few design choices while the rest of the work had been split up with the other three members.