Software engineer and web developer with a passion for elegant functionality. Experience utilizing technology to help organizations pivot and scale.
AWS Authorized Instructor (AAI)
Developing With: React & Redux | JavaScript | Node & Express | PostgreSQL | TDD (Jest)
Learning: C# | .NET | Microservice Architecture
Focused On: Collaboration | Mentorship | Communication
A RESTful API that manages requests related to a database of companies, their employees, and their financial reports.
This project came out of the need for a teaching tool for students learning about REST APIs for the first time. The dynamic REST API documentation provides a quick reference for the endpoints and their parameters. Students also utilize the API to build a front end application that displays the data in a meaningful way.
The API was built using Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL. The API is hosted on Render and the database is hosted on bit.io. I use Jest for the unit tests, JSON Web Token for auth, and bcrypt to hash password. The front is built in JavaScript, and HTML & CSS.
A dynamic web application that visualizes common sorting and searching algorithms.
This project was created as a teaching tool for students learning basic algorithms and data structures. Visualization is offered for:
React and Redux for the front end. Chart.js for the data visualization.
A guide to deploying a full stack application to the web.
This project is in response to Heroku's recent announcement that they will no longer be offering free dynos, which had an impact on several stakeholders at Fullstack Academy, including their 8,000+ alumni community, current student body, instructional staff, and product engineers. This guide provides a step-by-step process for deploying a full stack application to the web using alternative free hosting services Render and bit.io.
Google Docs, Project Management, Technical Writing
A live instructional demo showing how to make a browser version of Tetris in JavaScript.
This project was built over 6 live classroom demos as a way to generate ideas and inspiration for students tasked with building their own game using JavaScript. The game itself features random piece generation, scoring and progressive difficulty, the ability to pause and restart the game, and settings.
JavaScript, HTML & CSS.
A unique twist on the game Snake. Built in JavaScript for the browser.
This project was developed as part of a one week challenge to design snake in JavaScript. In this game, the player is attempting to defeat enemies. The amount of damage the snake attacks with depends on the size of it's body. The game features:
JavaScript, HTML & CSS.
