Jason Bitton

Welcome to JasonBitton.co.uk, on this site you'll find some of the projects I've worked on. I am often working on new sites or enhancements to existing sites, so do come back for future updates. Feel free to contact me at jason@jasonbitton.co.uk

 DNA Decoder 

Given a DNA sequence, this tool works out the matching non-template DNA strand, the mRNA strand resulting from transcription, and the translated amino acid chain.

Technical info: This is a PHP script where I simply wrote a transcription function to transcribe the entered DNA nucleotide sequence into it's corresponding mRNA sequence, which is then passed to a translation function which produces the relevant amino acid sequence.


 The Effects of Breakfast on Working Memory Capacity 

First year research project for my Applied Biomedical Science degree with the aim to determine whether having breakfast or not has an effect on a person's working memory. The webpages were created to collect questionnaire data from participants and test their working memory capacity.

Technical info: A simple HTML form allows entry of questionnaire data before the user has taken the test, which is then saved to a MySQL database. To prevent cheating (i.e. looking up the number sequence to memorise in the HTML source code!) the working memory test uses JavaScript to generate a random number sequence and then after the required time for the test has passed, hides the sequence and stores the scores and time taken in the MySQL database.


 Paris to London Challenge 

In aid of Barnardo's, Rob Evans ran the Paris marathon, the 234 miles from Paris to London in 7 days and finally, the London marathon. This website was used to promote the charity challenge in 2012.

Technical info: A PHP script reads an RSS XML blog feed hosted on blogger and displays the blog entries on the blog page. The guestbook is a simple PHP script which stores the guestbook entries in a MySQL database. To prevent spam, I integrated reCAPTCHA in to the guestbook script. The site also uses Facebook integration, so that posting page links from this site on a Facebook page presents a relevant image and descriptive text about the challenge on the Facebook post. Future developments are a photo gallery and an interactive map using the Google Maps API to highlight sections of the challenge and related information, and also to show the current completion status of the challenge on the map