About Me
-I am currently looking for a full-time remote - position (frontend or fullstack) working with a team in a modern - framework (preferably with React) to build or improve an interesting and - purposeful project.
+I am currently looking for a full-time + remote position (frontend or fullstack) working with a team in + a modern framework (preferably with React) to build or improve + an interesting and purposeful project.
-In high school studied Computer Networking Systems and Computer - Programming part time at the nearby Occupation Skills Center. Since - then I have been working with computers and teaching myself Software - Development. I spent 7 years working in various Technical Support - roles where I learned an in-depth understanding of various internet and - server technologies so when I shifted my career to software development, - working on web based software seemed an obvious choice.
+In high school studied Computer Networking Systems and + Computer Programming part time at the nearby Occupation Skills + Center. Since then I have been working with computers and + teaching myself Software Development. I spent 7 years working + in various Technical Support roles where I gained an in-depth + understanding of a variety of internet and server technologies. + So, when I shifted my career to software development, working + on web based software seemed an obvious choice.
-I was hired to do web development at a consultancy in 2013. Since - 2014, I have been a freelance developer working with NodeJS and - javascript and more recently React/Redux. I enjoy learning new things, - solving difficult problems and building software that assists my - clients/users in achieving success. I live in Hayden Idaho and my - hobbies include Devops, listening to podcasts, playing ukulele and, - especially, spending time with my wife and 3 kids.
+I have spent the last 4 years designing, building, deploying + and maintainging javascript applications. I've worked with + iOS, PHP, NodeJS, and more recently React/Redux. I enjoy + learning new things, solving difficult problems and building + software that assists my clients/users in achieving success. I + live in Hayden Idaho and my hobbies include Devops, listening + to podcasts, playing ukulele and, especially, spending time + with my wife and 3 kids.
Recent Software Projects
NewVistas Website Platform
Project Goals
-Newvistas needed a platform to replace their old website for - both public-facing web content, encouraging communication between - users and managing deliverables from business managers. The The - new platform needed to allow managing owners to log into the - website to update content relevant to their role. The platform - needed to be easily deployable on multiple websites and allow for - fast style customization between sites by the maintaining - developer. -
Technologies Used
-The backend was a rest API built with Node.js and Express.js. - The front end was an isomorphically rendered SPA built wth - React.js paired with Redux to manage state. Administrators - authenticated with their AzureAD user via OpenID Connect. - Content was isomorphically rendered on the server to allow for - SEO and speedy load times. The development environment was run - in vagrant with virtual box and babel and weback were used to - compile and bundle the front end code. The app was designed to - run on ephemeral ec2 instances and deployed to AWS Elastic - Beanstalk to allow for scalability.
-My Contributions
-I was the only developer assigned to work on the project and - developed it myself, so I built the rest api and the frontend SPA - but my work also included designing the dev environment to be - quickly and easily redeployed with a clean slate for testing. - The build process was designed to ensure deployed code was - optimized and cross-browser compatible while allowing for the - latest libraries and language improvements to be used and the I - designed the deploy process to be easy and quickly deployed or - reverted with a greatly reduced chance of human error than - previous deploy processes the client had used in the past.
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+ Project Goals
+Newvistas needed a replacement platform for + public-facing web content, encouraging communication + between users, managing deliverables from business + managers and allowing business owners and authorized + contributors to update content relevant to their role. + The platform needed to be easily deployable on multiple + domains and allow the maintaining developers to easily + customize styling differently between them.
+My Contributions
+I was the only developer on the project. I built + both the REST api and the frontend SPA to that used the + REST api. The REST api was kept separate so that the + project could actually run separate seamlessly + integrated SPAs for each role it was trying to fill. I + designed the dev environment to be quickly and easily + rebuilt and deployed since I would be handing it off to + other devs to maintain. The build process is designed + to ensure optimized page loads and help with + cross-browser compatibility,while allowing for the + latest libraries and language improvements to be used. + Deploying is fast and easy as well as easily + reversible, leveraging AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2 and + S3.
+Technologies Used
+The backend was a rest API built with Node.js and + Express.js. The front end is an isomorphically + rendered SPA built wth React/Redux. The front end is + compiled from ES2016 to ES5 using babel and webpack. + Isomorphic rendering provides fast load times and + ensures search engines can index the public content. + Users authenticate with their AzureAD user via OpenID + Connect. Express was used to build out the REST + endpoints for the API mySQL is used via Sequelize.js + ORM. Secured endpoint authorize users based on their + user roles and ownership/roles assigned to different + pages/groupings taking into account assigned roles of + parent groupings. The development environment is run + in vagrant with virtual box and babel and weback were + used to compile and bundle the front end code. The app + runs on ephemeral ec2 instances and deployed to AWS + Elastic Beanstalk to allow for scalability.
+Payzoom
+Payzoom Econosystem Platform
Project Goal
-Payzoom is a SAAS that allows a community of small businesses and - funding entities to work together to get funding work for each other - and balance all the payments at the end of the week including paying - employees, contractors, services fees, and expenses.
-Technologies Used
-When I was working on payzoom it was built with NodeJS and MySQL - on the backend and a custom built web-based frontend. Communication - between server and web was done via websockets and a JSON api. The - backend had to communicate with Gusto(ZenPayroll) and - QuickBooksOnline APIs.
-My Contributions
-I wrote the initial payroll integration with ZenPayroll to gather - weekly totals and pass the information to ZenPayroll as well as the - code to send and reconcile expense data and documentation to - QuickBooksOnline.
-While working on the project I improved the dev enviornment - from one that required 2 days for a developer to build a - permanent virtualbox image to an ephemeral environment in - Vagrant that could be setup in less than 20min.
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+ Project Goal
+Payzoom is a SaaS that allows a community of small + businesses and funding entities to work together to + work for each other and balance all the payments at the + end of the week including paying employees, + contractors, services fees, and expenses. Participants + need to be able to do work for any company on any + project and bill them accordingly as easily as if they + were working for their own company.
+My Contributions
+I wrote the initial payroll integration with + ZenPayroll to gather weekly totals and pass the + information to ZenPayroll as well as the code to send + and reconcile expense data and documentation to + QuickBooksOnline. Implemented some of the user + interface views including allocating overtime and + attaching files to reports/allocations and the + associated backend. While working on the project I + improved the dev environment from one that required 2 + days for a developer to build a permanent virtualbox + image to an ephemeral environment in Vagrant that could + be thrown away and recreated in less than 20 + minutes.
+Technologies Used
+Vagrant Payzoom was built with NodeJS and MySQL on + the backend and a custom built javascript frontend. + Communication between server and web was done via + websockets and a JSON command/sub/pub api that routed + particular requests/subscriptions to differnt modules + running on the backend. Payroll was processed via Gusto + and invoicing informaiton/documentation was passed to + QuickBooksOnline for paying invoices and tracking + expenses.
+Novatek Native Wrapper App
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+ Project Goals
-They had an SPA that already had a mobile view, but they wanted - it to operate more like an app and have access to the phone camera, - bluetooth, geofencing, etc. with a native work flow. They wanted an - app built to allow this while reusing the existing mobile website - as much as possible.
-Technologies Used
-This was before phonegapp was in much use so they went with a - wrapper app that wrapped the webview and exposed the phone APIs to the - website via messages sent betwen javascript and the Objective C - code. A javascript library was built that provided an event based - api to easier access hte phone functions. +
The Client had an SPA optimized for mobile, but + wanted it to operate more like an app and have access + to the phone’s camera, bluetooth, geofencing, etc. + Since phonegapp was still immature, they wanted an app + built to wrap the current web interface and allow + reusing the existing web based code as much as + possible.
My Contrinbutions
-I came onto the project later and helped write alot of the api - code for the javascript library. I also helped out with deploying - the app to the app store and did some simple maintenance on the - Objective C codebase. I also wrote the backend and Objective C code - necessary to facilitate push notifications.
+Initially I helped write many of the api calls for + the js library the web app used to communicate through + the webFrame to the native code. Later I helped out + with ad-hoc deploying the app and did some basic + maintenance and improvements on the native Objective-C + codebase. This included the PHP backend and Objective-C + code necessary to facilitate iOS push + notifications.
+Technologies Used
+This was before phonegapp was very far along use so + they decided to build a custom wrapper app that wrapped + the webview and exposed the phone APIs to the website + via messages sent betwewn javascript and the Objective + C code. A javascript library was built that provided + an event based API to easier access the phone + functions. Grunt was used bundle the javascript + library. Some work was done in PHP to provide support + for the App to authenticate and to send off push + notifications.