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Ruby Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers
https://www.toptal.com/developers/ruby/tips-and-practices
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Boško Ivanišević
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
Toptal member since April 22, 2014
Bio
Boško is an experienced architect/developer who is passionate about writing maintainable and readable code. He has extensive experience in a number of fields, including both desktop and web applications. Boško is a great person to work with and will be an asset to any project.
Portfolio
Quark Solutions
Elixir, PostgreSQL, Sinatra, RSpec, Git, JavaScript, Full-stack, C++...
TravelEnvy LLC (via Toptal)
PostgreSQL, RSpec, Git, JavaScript, jQuery, Full-stack, Ruby on Rails (RoR)...
StreamTrack (via Toptal)
PostgreSQL, RSpec, Git, JavaScript, jQuery, Full-stack, Memcached, Redis...
Experience
- C++ - 17 years
- Ruby - 15 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 9 years
- Full-stack - 8 years
- jQuery - 6 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
- Sinatra - 5 years
Work Experience
Founder
2012 - PRESENT
Quark Solutions
- Developed several Ruby on Rails Web applications.
- Developed JavaScript client pages with extensive use of D3 and DC libraries.
- Developed Ruby on Rails-based API with RSpec test coverage.
- Developed Sinatra-based API with mini-test test coverage.
- Developed algorithmic trading server in C++ and extended QT-based Windows client application.
Technologies: Elixir, PostgreSQL, Sinatra, RSpec, Git, JavaScript, Full-stack, C++, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Ruby on Rails Developer
2016 - 2016
TravelEnvy LLC (via Toptal)
- Used Watir and Nokogiri for scraping external sites.
- Created request tests all API controllers.
- Converted email templates to Comfortable Mexican Sofa CMS rails plugin for live previewing mails in the application.
- Used external API services in the application.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, RSpec, Git, JavaScript, jQuery, Full-stack, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Ruby Developer
2015 - 2015
StreamTrack (via Toptal)
- Fetched near real-time sports data from third-party APIs.
- Scored players and teams based on their performance.
- Processed background data with Resque.
- Implemented a responsive Web application.
- Handled different venues based on the requested subdomain.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, RSpec, Git, JavaScript, jQuery, Full-stack, Memcached, Redis, MongoDB, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Ruby on Rails Developer
2015 - 2015
Learn Signal (via Toptal)
- Created a complete referral handling system with triggered payments.
- Implemented traffic source analytics system for marketing tracking.
- Implemented API for Stripe webhooks processing.
- Created Sidekiq workers for background data processing.
- Created Mixpanel, Mandrill, and MailChimp integrations.
Technologies: Git, JavaScript, jQuery, Test-driven Development (TDD), Full-stack, Bootstrap, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Project Manager
2008 - 2012
Prozone
- Developed a Redmine plugin for internal use.
- Developed several ActiveX controls for a company's document management system.
- Developed a Firefox extension for the company's document management system.
- Developed a C# desktop application for document scanning, processing, and uploading to the DM server.
- Led the development of several Java projects.
Technologies: Git, Java, C++, Ruby
Developer
2005 - 2008
Daxon CD d.o.o
- Developed an C# inventory management application.
- Developed a C# server for an inventory management application.
- Implemented one- and two-dimensional cutting optimization algorithms.
Technologies: C#, C++
Project Manager/Developer
1999 - 2004
Teletrader Software AG
- Developed a C++ desktop trading client.
- Developed numerous data feed modules for a trading client.
- Developed a module for embedding Lua scripting language into creating scriptable alerts and data transformations.
- Developed a module for options parameter calculation.
- Managed team of 15 developers and testers.
Technologies: Ruby, C++
Scientific Research Associate
1992 - 1999
Institute for Nuclear Sciences VINCA
- Developed various mathematical models for calculations in theoretical physics.
Technologies: C++, Fortran
Project History
BagIQ
Implemented a complete Ruby on Rails application with extensive use of JavaScript, especially jQuery, D3 and DC libraries. Developed jQuery plugin for client-side pagination and DC table extension.
BagIQ API
Designed and developed API with Sinatra Ruby web framework, Sequel Ruby ORM library and complete MiniTest test coverage.
ScriptStudio
Developed from scratch an algorithmic trading platform for CameronTec. Server-side was implemented in C++ with ACE networking library, while client application was developed in C#.
RMRE
http://github.com/bosko/rmreAuthor of Ruby gem for creating Ruby on Rails models for legacy databases. Gem reads metadata from database and creates models with complete relationships. In addition, command line can copy data from one RDBMS to the other.
Education
1995 - 1998
PhD Degree in Theoretical Physics
University of Belgrade/Faculty of Physics - Belgrade, Serbia
1992 - 1995
Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics
University of Belgrade/Faculty of Physics - Belgrade, Serbia
1986 - 1991
Bachelor's Degree in Physics
University of Belgrade/Faculty of Physics - Belgrade, Serbia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React, ODBC, Rack, Redis Queue, Google API, Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
Tools
Git, RSpec, Terminal, Microsoft Visual C++, Emacs, Eclipse IDE
Languages
Ruby, JavaScript, SQL, C#, Lua, C++, Java, Fortran, Elixir, Emacs Lisp
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Sinatra, AngularJS, Capybara, Bootstrap, Ionic, Qt
Paradigms
Class-based OOP, Test-driven Development (TDD), Concurrent Programming, Agile Software Development, Scrum, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Functional Programming
Platforms
MacOS, Windows, Linux, Oracle
Storage
Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Memcached, NoSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Other
Full-stack, Ajax, Machine Learning
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