Zishan Javaid

An organization where I have been contracted, faced an issue with their existing CDN setup which was hosted by DigitalOcean Spaces CDN. I was assigned a task to tackle with the issue. After some investigation and evaluating other CDN service providers in market, I decided to provide a custom solution that will be more reliable, redundant and have 99.9% uptime guarantee. This solution was based on Scalable Distributed File System (DFS) with Geo-Replication. In this proposed solution, each file is distributed among different nodes in cluster which can be located in different regions. This replication of data is done automatically. If for some reason any node becomes unavailable then data will still be accessible from another node, even if origin server is unavailable but recent data can still be accessible from edge locations. Another benefit is, we can easily extend the number of edge locations to cover additional countries. Centralized monitoring system was also deployed later to monitor the activity of all servers included in this infrastructure from single location.

I published small article later on Medium.

Al-Huda eLearning is a free platform for learning authentic knowledge of Quran and Sunnah under teacher supervision.

Features:

• Includes all basic features of LMS
• Interconnected their different branches to online education system
• Automated the fees collection, salary disbursement and account reconciliation process
• Setup and deployed vault server to protect sensitive student docs using AES-GCM to detect data integrity and compromise.
• Zoom integration for live classes
• Auto Zoom attendance marking and points calculation
• Ability for Teachers to register with their different time slots
• Students can select their desired course teacher and time slot
• Multiple payment methods to pay fees
• WhatsApp integration to notify students about their fees payment
• Finance module to track the financial in/out along with analytics

This was a large project which includes use of Moodle LMS, Amazon SES, customization and developing custom features according to client requirements, integrating different third party services and setting up/managing server. I was involved at all stages of production; product conceptualization, product design, implementation, testing and launch.

The app Asmaa' Allah al-Husna is an educational software contains lectures by Dr. Farhat Hashmi, explaining each one of the Names of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. The most special feature of this app is that the Names of Allah mentioned are in exact accordance with those spoken of in the Quran and Ahadith & thus are highly authentic. Moreover these Names of Allah are recited in a tune as well so that it is easier for users to memorise them. Users can also download the audios & share them with their family and friends as well.

Al-Huda Live, an educational app allow users to listen to live broadcast of audio and video lectures by Dr. Farhat Hashmi. This App also includes the recording of those broadcasted lectures which the users can easily gain access to later in case they have missed the live transmission.

Features:

• 1. Live streaming of Audio/Video lectures by Dr. Farhat Hashmi.
• 2. Live Sessions' recordings available for later listening.
• 3. Display of content being shown during live sessions.
• 4. Content can include power point presentations or subject notes in pdf format.
• 5. Users can zoom in at the content for better visiblility.
• 6. Time Table of upcoming live sessions.
• 7. Notification of live sessions and events.

The educational app Learn Quran helps in developing a deeper understanding of the Quran through its translation and explanation by Dr. Farhat Hashmi. The app can be used to explore the Quran, memorize its word-by-word translation and gain an in-depth understanding of it by listening to the explanation of any of the verses.

Features:

• 1. Translation and explanation of the Quran in Urdu by Dr. Farhat Hashmi.
• 2. Translation is also available in Hindi. More languages to be added soon, including English, German & French
• 3. Tap on any verse and press play button to listen to its audio translation, tafsir or recitation
• 4. Go to any verse by entering that verse number
• 5. Root Words
• 6. Make any verse your favorite
• 7. Share the verses of Quran and its audio on social media
• 8. Copy the text to clipboard.
• 9. Pinch to zoom text size.

Quran in Hand, an educational app containing true gems of Islam, includes in it the complete Tafsir of the Glorious Qur'an by Dr. Farhat Hashmi with various references from Ahadith, subjects like Aqeedah, Seerah, supplications from the Quran and Hadith, beautiful recitations of Quran by different Qaris, lessons on Tajwid, numerous articles and other relevant material which will help every user, be it a student or a listener, avail some of the precious resources of Islam.

Moreover, the audios have the option of making them "Favorite" so that these audios become bookmarked and students can also easily jot down notes. This adds to the convenience and the user-friendly nature of this app. It also includes the feature of Alhuda Live through which users can listen to live lectures of Dr. Farhat Hashmi online. Notification feature will keep the users updated about any live online streaming of lectures of Dr. Farhat Hashmi, announcements, and new uploads on the website. Although the app needs an internet connection, the audios and videos of different programs can be easily downloaded and this app also holds the option of sharing any audio with others.

Quran in Hand is a highly comprehensive and intelligible yet an easy to navigate app which is bound to make users seek further knowledge in Islam much easier Insha Allah.

GI-Catalog is a convenient plugin for institutions providing online education. With this plugin they can easily organize their course materials into Groups (course), Categories & Sub-categories (chapters/sections) and further organize it into Tabs and Accordions. It is also a convenient tool for organizations providing support services to their customers with FAQs. They can organize their FAQs into Accordions which makes it easier for the customers to search through the FAQs. For religious institutions, it’s also useful for them to create a Fatawa catalog and organize into Accordions with search facility, so user can search easily through entire catalog of Fatawa.

GI-Media Library is a WordPress plugin developed especially for institutions providing online education. With this plugin, it’s easy to create your course/media library in a tabular form without any effort of custom building pages and layouts. You can organize it into a group (course) and subgroup (subjects), create combo items (chapters), create playlist section (sections) under that item and then add your links to course materials or media’s under that section. You can create your own table with desired number of columns like topic, duration, files etc. It supports all type of libraries like audio, video, pdf, doc etc.

Direct Sight is a UK based company and one of the leading suppliers of prescription and non-prescription glasses and sunglasses online, featuring one of the largest collections of designer and non-designer frames.

I have worked with them for 4 months and my tasks were to fix different issues in existing ecommerce PHP platform developed using Zend Framework and extend it to support additional features.

Starschema Ltd. situated in Hungary, is a Budapest-based tech entity where they crunch and refine petabytes of data for Fortune 500 companies who trust them. Starschema is a first-class player on the business intelligence scene: they have a longstanding history of excellence in a notable domain of big data, data viz, data science and data architecture.

I have worked with their CTO and have developed a multi-threading application in C# that create a Crystal Report from Oracle database and prints them in a batch process.

nurseVersity develops adaptive learning material for nursing students. The stresses, strains, and expenses of nursing school don't end when students receive their degrees. Recently graduated nursing students also must deal with the intensity of preparing and taking the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) or Advanced Practice Nursing Boards.

nurseVersity online test preparation product ensures that the nursing students' first attempt at the NCLEX is their only attempt.

I have worked directly with Founder of nurseVersity for 2 years and my tasks were:

• Integrate and extend the video script (used for watching recorded lectures) with WordPress plugin LearnDash (most popular WordPress LMS plugin).
• Extend the existing educational WordPress plugin LearnDash to support additional features in exams.
• Fix the WordPress template to support ajax login with LearnDash.
• Fix Flash video script developed in ActionScript and extend it to support fast playback and integration with Flash Media Server.

Camerabox are a family run business based in Oxfordshire, selling Digital SLRs, Digital Cameras/Compacts, Lenses, Memory, Batteries, etc at low cost. Their aim is to get their customers the best possible price and get it delivered as quickly as possible.

I have worked on their existing E-Commerce platform, fixed various bugs/issues and extended it to support additional features. Later I have developed complete custom .Net E-Commerce platform which was full multilingual and CMS based connected with MS-SQL Server. This application was developed as a centralized application completely managed through CMS, all that is required is just upload a new template and the site is ready for new client. It supports features like multi-currency, multilingual, discounts, shipping, order history, multi-payment gateways etc.

Devoted 2 Vintage was opened in 2006 to share their passion for vintage. Their aim was to make vintage more accessible to everyone by using their expertise to find the best vintage items from around the world and offer them at an affordable price, backed up by the very best customer service.

I have worked on their existing E-Commerce platform, fixed various bugs/issues and extended it to support additional features. Later I have developed complete custom .Net E-Commerce platform which was full multilingual and CMS based connected with MS-SQL Server. This application was developed as a centralized application completely managed through CMS, all that is required is just upload a new template and the site is ready for new client. It supports features like multi-currency, multilingual, discounts, shipping, order history, multi-payment gateways etc.