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bwin.party

Feb 2nd, 2014

Well over a couple thousand hours were spent on all aspects of the SDL at bwin.party; from analysis to design to maintenance and more. Mirror Bingo is only one of the projects worked on in this time. Other projects include: PartyPoker, Cheeky Bingo and Foxy Bingo.

Background & Technology

Background

This method would also be used on Cheeky Bingo and move on to be used on the Foxy Bingo. Ultimately it would be spread across all 28 websites. Unfortunately after the approval of the platform and the final product, Mirror had failed to renew their contract with bwin.party and the newly developed website would not see the light of day.

Additionally, I’d developed an interactive sitemap using arbor.js and documentation using web languages.

Technology

Mirror Bingo would be the first of the websites to use this new method and platform. Mirror Bingo was completely rebuilt and converted from a PHP based website to a website functioning primarily on JavaScript. In the first revision of the website, a single-page web app was built and webpages published from CQ5 were served from Handlebars.js. These pages would receive server-side data from the API and behave accordingly.

 

In the second revision, handlebars.js would be scrapped and Angular.js used instead. Angular provided a more robust solution to the platform’s application. the single-page app was disabled and the website was completed. The platform worked seamlessly; even with the major changes done to the back-end of the website, it looked exactly as it did before with the addition of a few new features which enabled better usability for end users.

CQ5, Angular.js & The API

Using Angular.js and an MVC approach, I built a platform to allow the company to phase out of their old PHP built websites and move their sum 28 websites into Adobe’s CQ5. The platform would utilise an API which I developed to sit between CQ5’s publishing instance and the 888 servers. The API would act as a mediator between the two and Angular JS would handle all requests.

Technology & Tools

This project branched into many varying aspects of modern web development technologies and a few tools to aid in greater productivity.

  • HTML5
  • CSS3 (SASS / LESS)
  • jQuery
  • Angular
  • Handlebars.js
  • Arbor.js
  • AJAX / JSON
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • SEO
  • CQ5
  • JAVA
  • SublimeText 3
  • Microsoft Office Suite
Mirror Bingo Home
Mirror Bingo Home
Mirror Bingo Preview Panel for Angular.js
Mirror Bingo Preview Panel for Angular.js
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