Dev Patel 👋
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Project Type:
Personal / Open Source
Overview
Neon Cipher is a lightweight text encryption and decryption tool designed for secure communication. Built with a glowing neon-inspired UI, it allows users to lock their messages using a custom key and share them safely. With its simple interface, users can easily encrypt sensitive text, share it, and decrypt it using the same key—making privacy accessible to everyone.
Research: To develop a secure, user-friendly text encryption tool with a modern neon-inspired interface, allowing users to protect and share their messages safely using custom encryption keys.
Information Architecture: Accessibility Considerations: Designed a clean and intuitive layout with minimal steps, making encryption and decryption easy for all users while ensuring a responsive neon-themed UI across devices.
Wireframing and Prototyping: Tools Used: Created wireframes and prototypes in Figma to visualize the encryption flow and glowing UI effects, ensuring a seamless handoff from design to development.
Challenges
Developing Neon Cipher presented a unique set of challenges, especially around ensuring data security, ease of use, and creating a visually engaging neon-themed interface. Here are some of the main challenges and their solutions:
Encryption Logic:
- Challenge: Implementing a reliable encryption and decryption flow that works seamlessly with custom user-defined keys.
- Solution: Designed a simple but effective key-based cipher system with real-time text processing for instant feedback.
User Experience (UX):
- Challenge: Making encryption tools less intimidating for non-technical users while keeping the interface engaging.
- Solution: Created a neon-inspired, minimal UI with clear labels, tooltips, and an instruction panel for guidance.
Responsive Design:
- Challenge: Ensuring the encryption tool is usable on all devices, from desktops to mobile screens.
- Solution: Applied responsive design principles with flexible layouts and media queries for consistent performance across devices.
Branding Protection:
- Challenge: Preventing unauthorized removal of developer credits and ensuring fair use of the project.
- Solution: Added a branding validation system that displays an overlay warning if credits are removed or altered.
Results/Conclusion:
The Neon Cipher project successfully delivered a lightweight, secure, and user-friendly text encryption platform. With its glowing neon UI and intuitive design, the app makes encryption accessible to all users while protecting sensitive information. The project also reinforced branding protection and licensing best practices for open-source distribution.
Key Features:
- 🔑 Custom Encryption Key: Users can set their own keys for personalized security.
- ⚡ Real-Time Encryption & Decryption: Instantly process text with one click.
- 💡 Instruction Panel: Step-by-step guidance for first-time users.
- 📱 Responsive Design: Works smoothly on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- 🌐 Open-Source with MIT License: Free to use while protecting developer credits.
- ✨ Neon UI Effects: Modern glowing interface for a futuristic experience.
