Badge Scanner

Badge Scanner is a native iOS and Android application that allows attendees at eRepublic's events to scan each-other's badges and quickly connect with each other.

Senior Web DevelopereRepublic LLCDecember 2017 - Present8 years, 5 months

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About This Project

The Badge Scanner application was built using Ionic and Angular, with mobile first principles before mobile first was cool. It uses the Capacitor framework to build native applications for iOS and Android. The application uses the Salesforce SOQL API to query the Salesforce database for event attendees. The application is hosted on AWS Lambda and uses the AWS API Gateway to serve the application to the users.

Key Achievements

'Write once, deploy anywhere' mobile application using Ionic and Angular
Achieved excellent performance and scalability using SQLite for offline functionality
Used Lambda to allow for burstable usage patterns at a very low cost, deployed on edge locations to reduce latency
Created training materials and processes for clear and simple staff support at events
Designed and implemented cloud-watch alarms to alert of potential issues with the application before they became a problem

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