Hello, world!

Front End Development

I have extensive experience with modern JavaScript. The majority of my framework experience has been with Sencha's ExtJS framework, however, I've dabbled with AngularJS and Vue.js, which this site is built with, just not in a professional setting. I also have some experience with some front end development using C# for desktop application development.

Outside of JavaScript and those specific frameworks, I also have front end experience with HTML, CSS, jQuery, TypeScript, ColdFusion and Socket.IO. I've also done a few tutorials with React in the past. In my experience, most JavaScript based frameworks have been fairly similar, which makes them easier to pick up and switch between for me.

Back End Development

Professionally, my experience is split between (more recently) Ruby on Rails and ColdFusion and ColdSpring, which is somewhat similar to Java and the Java Spring Framework, as ColdFusion was built using Java. I've also used C# with the Entity Framework for backend development on several desktop applications. I've done some PHP, but not recently.

More recently, I've been spending a lot of time with Angular Apollo and Vue Apollo, and utilizing Apollo to connect to GraphQL APIs.

The majority of my backend design has been utilizing CRUD design methodologies, but I am familiar with REST as well. I have researched SOAP before, but have yet to use SOAP design methods with any projects, personally or professionally.

Database

The bulk of my database experience is with PostgreSQL, MSSQL and SQLite, though I do have some experience using MySQL and Oracle.

I've been responsible for creating, modifying, updating and deleting data using SQL, as well as creating and updating indexes, synonyms, views, and stored procedures. Much of this has been done using Rails, ORM with ColdFusion or Entity Framework, however I've also had to accomplish much of this with normal SQL.

I'm familiar with NoSQL databases and JSON stores as well. I've used MongoDB a few times for personal projects, but have not used it in a professional setting or with a large amount of data as of yet.

Other Scripting and Coding

In the past I've done some very minor work with C, C++, and Java, though my experience with these languages is very minimal and at a more introductory level.

I have a much more extensive history with writing batch scripts, having used batch scripting frequently at my help desk job to automate tasks, automate application repairs, and create random fixes to help speed up some aspects of my job. I've also used batch scripting along with VBS to implement some simple tools with a .hta GUI.

At my previous job I was able to work with PowerShell to automate a few tasks and CSScript to write some database and code fixes for our applications there.

Non-coding Skills

Thanks to my background with computers and IT support, I have a skill set that ranges beyond that of just a developer. I have been responsible for troubleshooting, implementing and testing new hardware and software on Windows and Linux systems.

When not coding, I've been responsible for gathering and documenting customer requirements, creating software requirements specifications and system design documents, creating and assigning tasks and stories in Jira, development sprints, creating estimates for tasks, documenting processes (often using Confluence), QA testing, developing QA test cases, code/peer reviewing teammate's code, and creating and promoting builds. As a lead, I was also in charge of planning future releases and features, as well as determining priority of tasks/stories for sprints.

I have some experience with DevOps responsibilities like AWS administration and creating build processes with Jenkins, however these experiences are limited in comparison to many of my other responsibilities.

Customer Support

For roughly 3 years I worked at a large call center providing tier 3 tech support for the Navy and Marine Corps. I often was responsible for deriving problems from customer descriptions, notating and resolving the customer's problems, and ensuring they were satisfied with the result. Occasionally I was responsible for de-escalating situations and providing customers with confidence that their issues would be resolved.

As a project lead, I was responsible for correspondence with our customers. I would capture meeting notes and help narrow down requirements and priority of requirements, as well as provide progress updates for them and receive feedback that I could relay to my team and coworkers to help us with the development process.