Frédéric Maquin | Independent iOS developer

actiTENS

iOS & android applications

Date: December 2015 to February 2018
Client: Sublimed
Technologies: Swift Bluetooth Low Energy Realm

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actiTENS is a discreet, ergonomic and connected new-generation transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS).

actiTENS is composed of two parts:

the hardware (pulse generator), responsible for delivering the nerve stimulation therapy;
the smartphone app, acting as an interface between the user and the pulse generator.

I started working with Sublimed in late 2015 and helped them get the project off the ground. Over the course of two years, I had the pleasure to design, build and ship the app on both iOS and Android.

Abjapp

Learn the arabic Alphabet the easy way

Date: June 2015 to Ongoing
Technologies: Version 1.0 Objective-C Core Data Version 1.2 Swift Realm

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Abjapp is an iPhone application —iPad update coming soon—, teaching people the Arabic alphabet.

The Arabic alphabet contains 28 letters. Each lesson focuses on three specific letters and must be validated by a quiz to progress. Knowledge can also be practiced on-demand, with random quizzes.

Abjapp offers details about each letter: its name, how to pronounce it and how to write it, depending on its position within a word. Once unlocked, information about each letter can be found in their respective cards.

How Many Sleeps?

Animated countdowns for children

Date: October 2018
Client: Curiome
Technologies: Swift Realm

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Young children often have trouble grasping the amount of time remaining between today and long-awaited events. How Many Sleeps? lets children learn about the concept of time, by counting the number of sleeps remaining until an event.

Genetrainer

Genetically guided fitness

Date: May 2017 to June 2017
Technologies: Swift SVG JavaScript

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I joined the team behind Genetrainer, and created a muscle selection module. This module allows athletes to attach comments to muscle groups and joints. Trainers and physical therapists can then set the goals accordingly.

The module can also display the fatigue associated with each muscle / joint after a training session was completed; and be used in a web-centric environment.

Although small in scope, this project was immensely enriching, as it let me practice my modest design/illustration skills.

Mynöx

Join inspiring private events in small groups.

Date: August 2017 to November 2017
Client: Mynöx
Technologies: Swift Firebase

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Mynöx is a niche social network focusing on private events. Using the app, a host organises an event at his place and can invite a number of guests (either friends or strangers).

The app is packed with a large number of features, among which are:

a real-time chat, to discuss parties and keep in touch with new friends;
a tinder-like interface to invite guests matching your criteria (distance, age, tastes, etc.);
a fully-featured notification center, in which users will receive messages about join requests, invitations or event updates.
a Facebook Integration, to find and invite friends.

From a design perspective, I simply iterated over the previous —Material Design based— mockups that the client provided and adapted them to the iOS design language.

Instructions

Coach marks builder

Date: October 2015 to Ongoing
Technologies: Swift

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Instructions is an open source iOS library, written in Swift, designed to display coach marks. It's easy to use and highly customizable.

The library was extracted from previous work, ported to Swift and further improved, to make it available for everyone.

ES • JS • TS

Five Open Source utilities written in ECMAScript, JavaScript or TypeScript.

ink, a narrative language developped by inkle Ltd.

inkjs

JavaScript/TypeScript implementation of ink

Technologies: JavaScript TypeScript

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Inkjs is an open source project created and maintained by @y-loshe. I'm a regular contributor to the project, which closely track the state of the original C# library.

Ink Language Server

An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for ink

Technologies: TypeScript

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Destined to be used within Visual Studio Code, Ink Language Server gave me the opportunity to build both a language server and a VS Code extension. It's far from completed, though.

Ink TMLanguage

A Textmate grammar

Technologies: YAML TypeScript

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A grammar bringing advanced syntax highlighting in any editor supporting Textmate grammars.

Daz Studio, a 3D scene creation and rendering application developped by Daz Productions, Inc.

Autodazzler

Batch renderer for Daz Studio

Technologies: JavaScript

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Autodazzler is a script written in ECMAScript 5, designed to automate the rendering pipeline of Daz Studio.

Sophisticate

Clean SVGs and use them in interactive web pages

Technologies: JavaScript

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Sophisticate is a little JavaScript utility that I have often used to clean and add proper metadata to the output of vector editors. The generated SVGs tend to be messy and lack proper classes / ids to be usable, once inlined into an html document.

Sophisticate supports different modification rules, and can also run SVGO to further clean SVGs. Given how often I work with SVG, this little utility is a huge time saver.

Pomme Plate

Design

Date: June 2015 to Ongoing
Software: Sketch

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Pomme Plate is a collection of Apple devices, rendered in a flat style. The project is licensed under the CC0 license, making it available to everyone for free.

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Selected Work

Contract & Indie

Open Source

actiTENS

iOS & android applications

Abjapp

Learn the arabic Alphabet the easy way

How Many Sleeps?

Animated countdowns for children

Genetrainer

Genetically guided fitness

Mynöx

Join inspiring private events in small groups.

Instructions

Coach marks builder

ES • JS • TS

Five Open Source utilities written in ECMAScript, JavaScript or TypeScript.

ink, a narrative language developped by inkle Ltd.

inkjs

JavaScript/TypeScript implementation of ink

Ink Language Server

An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for ink

Ink TMLanguage

A Textmate grammar

Daz Studio, a 3D scene creation and rendering application developped by Daz Productions, Inc.

Autodazzler

Batch renderer for Daz Studio

Sophisticate

Clean SVGs and use them in interactive web pages

Pomme Plate

Design

Speaking

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