Below is a partial list of projects I have worked on recently:
Projects
Jiffy on Demand for iOS
Jiffy on Demand is a startup known as the Uber of home maintenance. The app makes home maintenance easy, building cutting edge technology to connect homeowners to the best home maintenance professionals instantly. Led the iOS app development and mobile architecture to deliver a 5-star experience. The app has many features, like maps, custom chat messaging, rich notifications, payment system, and much more.
Nature’s Nurture for iOS and Android
Nature’s Nurture enjoys a quarter-million web hits a month and thousands of social media followers. I built the native iOS and Android mobile apps that provided their users with a better user experience and offline capability for their content. The app also integrated with Google Analytics for granular reporting, provided advanced content search and filtering, favorites and social sharing, and live comments integration.
Health Data and Mobile Connectivity
Integrated Bluetooth connectivity with a proprietary heart rate monitoring device. This involved background tasks and storing millions of heart rates per user using Protocol Buffer compression and real-time syncing to the cloud. Populated iOS and Android charts using downsampling algorithms, multi-threading, and caching mechanisms. Enforced data privacy and security measures for safeguarding medical information.
Pray Watch for iPhone and Apple Watch
Pray Watch is a popular, 5-star app that provides the Islamic prayer times in an elegant, modern interface. It is completely localized and displays on a single screen with all prayer times right in front of you on the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Today Widget. Several features of the devices has been incorporated, including GPS, gyroscope, and notifications using energy efficiency techniques.
Transit Authority Integration
The task was to build a modern, scalable platform to deliver up-to-the-minute information to bus riders across several cities in the US. This covered everything from scheduling to fare collection and passenger information systems. Users can view and select transit routes, and track their buses in real-time using onboard GPS sensors.
Government Agency Integration
The Ontario Energy Board launched a new program that lowers electricity bills for low-income households by providing monthly rebates to eligible customers directly on their invoices. This involved integrations with the Ministry of Finance and over a hundred service utility providers across Ontario using various technologies and standards.
Products
Basem Emara Blog App
The launch of this app was inspired from uncovering the joys, pains, and realities of mobile, web, and software development. Many of the blog posts dissect this very open-source app and other real-world projects. I built the native iOS and Android apps and are completely open-source.
Unit Watch for Apple Watch
Created a native Apple Watch app and companion iPhone app using Xcode, Swift, and WatchKit. This was entered into the App Store before the launch of Apple Watch. A unit converter that provides a single screen with all your conversions displayed right in front of you. Tap a unit and get a number pad for entering specific amounts.
Tip Watch for Apple Watch
Created a native Apple Watch app and companion iPhone app using Xcode, Swift, and WatchKit. This was entered into the App Store before the launch of Apple Watch. A tip calculator that provides provides a single screen with all calculations displayed right in front of you. Tap the +/- buttons for small adjustments, or tap the bill to get a number pad for entering more precise amounts.
ZamzamKit
A Swift framework for rapid development using a collection of utility extensions for Foundation and UIKit classes and protocols, along with associated unit tests. Cross-platform targets for iOS, watchOS, and tvOS and were used across various apps for providing a central and extensible API.
SwiftyPress
An open source iOS framework for WordPress integration using REST/JSON and a custom WordPress plugin. This has been used by several 3rd party consumers to build their own app.
Podcasts
Inside iOS Dev – Clean Architecture
In this podcast, I discuss my application of Clean Architecture on iOS. The talk includes the different components, data flow, dependencies, & more.
Yet Another Podcast #137 – Apple Watch
In this podcast, I speak to world-renown, Jesse Liberty, about developing on the Apple Watch platform and Swift.
Yet Another Podcast #115 – What’s Coming in Javascript
In this podcast, I speak to world-renown, Jesse Liberty, about the next version of JavaScript and Web Components.
Repositories
