Access Blue Internship at IBM Japan

I participated in a disability internship program hosted by IBM Japan from March to September 2018, during my third year of university.

I experienced a program similar to what IBM conducts for new graduate training. I also had opportunities to visit companies partnered with IBM.

From July to August, I worked with a team to develop a mutual aid app that helps people connect with those nearby. Due to various circumstances, we only implemented screen mockups. The concept was similar to DNP’s Mayii app.

During the final month, I worked as an OJT (On-the-Job Training) participant, studying abroad in an actual department to develop a Qiita-like information stock service aimed at accumulating internal knowledge. A distinctive feature was that users could fork (duplicate) articles written by others and add additional information.

Technologies Used

For screen mockups, I hand-wrote HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Since I was the only one with coding experience, we prioritized completion and settled for screen mockups, though I somewhat regret not challenging ourselves to implement the full functionality.

When creating the OJT app, I used a combination of PHP and Node.js.

There was a Node.js framework called Loopback, which I used to create the backend REST API. This was deployed on IBM Cloud and operated as an API server.

I placed PHP on a separate web server, which communicated with the backend server and returned the processed results directly to users as HTML. For the editing screen, I can’t remember exactly what it was, but I installed some MIT-licensed Markdown editor I found and used it for rendering.

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