About me
I am a developer who enjoys working in front-end development but also gets a kick out of back-end development.
I’m naturally inquisitive and enjoy figuring out how things work. I have a defined sense of aesthetic and enjoy making thoughtful, engaging, and functional web applications that have a simple, clean and distinct design.
I’ve built web applications using Ruby on Rails, Node.js and React and have a strong foundation in web design and development. I've recently completed Coder Academy’s 6 month web development bootcamp.
Before moving into development, I worked in the Library and Information Management sector, where I produced and managed content.
When I'm not coding, I enjoy spending time with friends, family and my two cats, Willow and Orlando.
Interests and likes
- Strummer
- Caravaggio
- Dostoyevsky
- Punk
- Marc Maron
- Roxane Gay
- Cats
- Gilmore Girls
- Jason Mantzoukas
Work
Room booking system
Designed and developed a room booking system using Node.js and React for a client. This was a group project that was completed for the Web Development Bootcamp.
Long Play Records
Long Play Records is a two-sided marketplace to buy and sell secondhand vinyl records. I designed and built this app using Ruby on Rails.
Portfolio
I designed and developed my portfolio site as part of the Web Development Bootcamp.
Historia
Historia is a Ruby on Rails web application that I designed and developed for people to discover and learn about places. I used Wikipedia's API to pull in information about each place and used the Google API to enable people to see where the place is located.
Sparkr
Sparkr was a group project. Together we designed and developed Sparkr. Sparkr is a dating service primarily for people over the age of 50. A user needs to like another user's three moments and vice versa for a match to occur. A users's three moments show aspects of their life. People can start chatting once a match has occurred.
I was there
I was there was my the first rails app that I designed and built for the Web Development Immersive. I used Last.FM's API, to allow users to search for artists and events and to add or read reviews about the show.
Ace Metalwork
After the Front End Web Development course, I gained my first client. I designed and developed a simple one page website to be used for a local Sydney business.
Ping Pong Tournament
For my major assignment in the Front End Web Development course I designed and developed a website for a Ping Pong competition. I continued to refine the website after I completed the course. It was used by a local coworking company in Sydney.
Band website
I designed and developed a website for the band She & Him for my first project for the Front End Web Development course at General Assembly.
Experience
- Junior Software Developer
- Serraview
- May 2018 - present
- Front-End Developer (Intern)
- Serraview
- February 2018 – March 2018
- Project officer, Online Services
- State Library of NSW
- August 2011 – March 2017
- Electronic Resources Manager
- EBSCO Information Services
- August 2008 – August 2011
Education
- Diploma of Information Technology
- Coder Academy
- July 2017 – March 2018
- Web Development Immersive
- General Assembly
- January 2015 – April 2015
- Front-End Web Development
- General Assembly
- January 2014 – March 2014
- Usability in Practice 3 Day Camp
- Nielsen Norman Group
- July 2012
Skills
- HTML
- CSS
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
- JavaScript
- Express.js
- Node.js
- ReactJS
- Pug
- Stylus
- Grunt
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Git