Ankit Ahuja

Education

B.E. Computer Science (2006 – 2010)
SBIT, MD University, Rohtak, India
Current Score: 70%
Schooling from St. Marks S. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, New Delhi
Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, India
AISSCE(2004) – 87%, AISSCE(2006) – 78%

Languages (in decreasing order of expertise): JavaScript, XHTML/CSS, PHP, C++, Ruby, Objective-C, SQL.
Platforms: Ruby On Rails, Cocoa, Windows XP/7, Linux, Mac OS X.
Other Tools: Git, SVN, Xcode, Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Google Summer Of Code 2009 (April – September 2009)
My project was Enhanced Frontend Editing for Joomla!, an extension/patch to increase the frontend editing capability of Joomla! based websites. It was very well received by the Joomla! community.

gleeBox: A Chrome/Firefox extension that makes the web more accessible via the keyboard. It provides a command line where the user can type in commands and simulate actions like scrolling, clicking on links, etc. which are traditionally performed via the mouse.
It was positively reviewed by Lifehacker, PCWorld, Download Squad and several other prominent tech blogs.
Friendcompare: A Last.fm mashup that lets users do a head-to-head comparsion of their musical tastes by displaying common artists, albums, tracks, etc.
It was recognized by Last.fm, Mashup Awards and reviewed by Corvida.
Twitkut: An OpenSocial app that allows Orkut users to share and post twitter updates from their Orkut profile. It also allows them to follow the twitter updates of their Orkut friends from within Orkut. Twitkut was developed entirely using JavaScript. Currently, it has more than 5000 users.
PollBol: A web application for small groups of users to create, share and vote on polls. It can be used to gather general public consensus on any topic. It was created using Ruby On Rails.
ProxyCal: A web application for forgetful students to help them keep track of their college attendance. It utilizes the user’s Google Calendar account as the data store instead of a conventional database.
SBIT: College website and blog created to make it easier for students to keep track of the latest news and updates.