Overview
The Time Tracker is Code and Theory’s proprietary internal time-tracking platform. My primary mission on this project was to enhance performance and elevate user experience through strategic refactoring and new features.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identified and resolved performance bottlenecks through iterative rounds of refactoring.
- Conceptualized and built a brand-new interactive shift timeline tool for intuitive time visualization and navigation.
- Evaluated the existing architecture and proposed actionable enhancements to boost maintainability.
- Documented technical findings and architecture improvements in the project’s GitHub Wiki for team-wide alignment.
Technical Stack & Tools
- Languages: JavaScript (Object-Oriented Programming paradigm)
- Frameworks & Libraries: JS OOP
- Developer Workflow: Debugging, refactoring, documentation
Challenges & Solutions
Performance Optimizations
Dug into sluggish interactions and slow load times to refactor critical modules, improving responsiveness and overall platform speed.
Interactive Shift Timeline
Designed an intuitive timeline interface to let users easily view, navigate, and interact with their shift schedules—bridging functionality with usability.
Architectural Improvements
Performed a deep-dive into the codebase’s structure, identifying fragility or inefficiencies, and proposed enhancements that promoted cleaner, more maintainable code.
Knowledge Sharing
Consolidated insights and architectural decisions into a comprehensive GitHub Wiki entry—empowering future development and onboarding.
Impact & Outcomes
- Performance Gains: The refactoring effort resulted in noticeably faster and smoother platform performance.
- Enhanced UX: The interactive shift timeline elevated the usability of the tool, simplifying time-tracking workflows.
- Long-Term Maintainability: The architecture redesign recommendations laid a solid foundation for continued evolution of the tool.
- Team Knowledge Base: The documented findings fostered shared understanding and eased future collaboration.
Summary
This Time Tracker project highlights my strengths in:
- Debugging & optimizing frontend performance
- Designing impactful user interfaces
- Planning for scalable and maintainable code
- Facilitating team knowledge through documentation