Publication
PHP Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers
https://www.toptal.com/developers/php/tips-and-practices
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Franco Risso
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Berlin, Germany
Toptal member since February 16, 2015
Bio
Franco has been working on PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript since the dark days of Internet Explorer 5. He loves REST APIs to separate consumers from providers and TDD to improve code quality. He thrives in Node.js frameworks like Express and React/Redux for the front end. He has read extensively on startups and believes in their potential to bolster economy and social progress. He is a proactive individual, constantly striving to improve his work.
Portfolio
Zalando
Kubernetes, Node.js, React, JavaScript
Tunefind.com
Redux, React, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP
3five (via Toptal)
Google Maps, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress
Experience
- JavaScript - 11 years
- PHP - 10 years
- React - 8 years
- Redux - 6 years
- jQuery - 6 years
- Express.js - 4 years
- Laravel - 3 years
- Sass - 1 year
Preferred Environment
Terminal, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is an engine to render components from GraphQL queries.
Work Experience
Senior Front-end Developer
2016 - PRESENT
Zalando
- Led a small front-end team. I changed the architecture of the systems, created microservices, and adjusted scaling for big peaks of requests.
Technologies: Kubernetes, Node.js, React, JavaScript
Web Developer
2015 - 2016
Tunefind.com
- Maintained the site and fixed bugs.
- Re-implemented the site in a more modern environment, splitting the project between a REST API using Laravel and the front end using React/Redux.
Technologies: Redux, React, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP
Senior WordPress Developer for SalesForce Locator Map
2015 - 2015
3five (via Toptal)
- Tweaked a JS script to improve the experience with a Google map.
Technologies: Google Maps, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress
XML/PHP/WordPress Expert
2015 - 2015
BlenderNetworks.com (via Toptal)
- Changed the layout of a search box, made it responsive, and changed the direction of the search form.
Technologies: JavaScript, PHP, WordPress
Web Developer
2014 - 2015
Entermotion.com
- Worked with a custom CMS to integrate multiple websites.
- Dug into crazy coded websites, adding features on them and trying to improve code along the way.
- Created a Python script and integrated it with a PHP service for generating PDF files from DOC files, based on the LibreOffice plugin to convert them.
- Refactored a work platform to allow switching from normal mode to career fair mode when Quantum Career Fair closed the deal with them to use this platform as the principal platform to communicate between contractors and employees.
- Sliced HTML/CSS from PSD files using Sass.
Technologies: jQuery, MySQL, PHP
Founder
2014 - 2014
Violet Glasses
- Created Android apps for reallycoolquotes.com and integrated them with Facebook login.
- Created a web app for reallycoolquotes.com and a simple API from which Android applications read data.
- Created a Facebook campaign with a budget of $600 USD which got 25,000 likes.
- Created a Google campaign which got to around 5,000 users per day.
- Used Google AppEngine to store the project and deploy different versions. Integrated Laravel and MySQL to the almost-new PHP support.
- Created inloove.com, a website for sharing travel pics that are imported from Facebook. Integrated with Cloudinary for the image CDN.
- Created a small Android game based on LibGDX.
Technologies: Google App Engine, MySQL, Laravel, Android, Java
Founder
2008 - 2014
720developments
- Created a custom CMS system and sold it to multiple customers to manage their websites easily.
- Built eCommerce systems from scratch, integrating with custom payment platforms.
- Developed a system that allows users to upload pictures, then cut them and apply some effects, and finally ask the provider to print it for them with a payment platform. It also has an admin area where the provider can see the requests, and set the state of the order.
- Created a single-page web app based on BackboneJS for a fashion company with a custom design and a really tight schedule.
- Developed a WordPress theme from scratch and updated themes to fit users' needs.
- Adjusted WordPress to be a single-page app using BackboneJS.
- Created an application called "Hobbies and careers" to let you choose your interests and search for videos related in YouTube, with relevance to education, using Google's Freebase library, and the relationship with YouTube videos.
- Fully integrated Facebook signup.
- Created a Facebook application for making auctions and letting Facebook users to bid on different products, used by two big companies: Ocean Hotels and Aloft Hotels.
Technologies: CodeIgniter, Laravel, AngularJS, jQuery, MySQL, PHP
Full-stack Developer
2012 - 2013
Hulkshare.com
- Converted the website to a single page app.
- Took care of project management and development of a new way to search and list music.
- Created a recommendation system based on user preferences about music and built a Sphinx search engine on top of that.
- Created a way to track blogs that were using our embed player and list them on the site.
- Optimized database queries and design and migrated millions of records to better-designed tables.
- Created the specs and design guidelines to build a new player that works across the site with a queue of songs.
Technologies: Unix, Memcached, jQuery, Sphinx Search Engine, MySQL, PHP
Experience
Tunefind.com
Worked as a PHP developer in a CodeIgniter project, switching later to Laravel for the API and React/Redux for the front end.
Hobbies and Careers
https://github.com/francorisso/hackathon2014_720devsThis is the source code for a project I did for Koding's Hackathon 2014 (https://koding.com/Hackathon), which made it into the top 30 projects.
It has a signup module with Facebook login integration, after which you can choose any topic you like (say, gardening) and the system will save it as your topic of interest. Using Google's Freebase (now passed to Wikimedia), it searches using the YouTube API and some filters to return educational videos you may like.
It has a signup module with Facebook login integration, after which you can choose any topic you like (say, gardening) and the system will save it as your topic of interest. Using Google's Freebase (now passed to Wikimedia), it searches using the YouTube API and some filters to return educational videos you may like.
CoinsTracker
A simple project with register/login and the possibility for a user to add expenses and track them. It uses Laravel 5, MySQL for the back end and jQuery, Bootstrap, and AngularJS for the front end. It has a REST API on one end and uses OAuth2 for authentication. This was developed using TDD, so it has test cases for the API.
Hulkshare.com
This is a music website that aims to be a place for musicians, especially for rap and hip hop, so they can launch their demos and get instant feedback. It manages millions of visits per month and almost 10 million music tracks as well as featured groups and blogs.
Tasadi
An HTML theme that I've adapted for WordPress which was adjusted to be a single-page website (or web app) using BackboneJS. It also presents different effects that were custom-made for it, and the administration is really simple using the Types plugin.
Authors' Quotes
A native Android app that lists different quotes organized by author. It was done following Android design guidelines.
Life Quotes
An Android app, working as a simple gallery of images with quotes to share and save.
Really Cool Quotes
A website with a listing of quotes classified by subjects, which has Facebook login integration.
Zalando Lounge
Worked in the front-end app, I have touched and changed almost every screen on the website. This website is live in 13 countries and has millions of requests.
Zalando
Part of the core team creating the front-end framework to render the website. This is the biggest European fashion retailer.
Publication
PHP Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers
https://www.toptal.com/developers/php/tips-and-practices
Publication
PHP Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers
https://www.toptal.com/developers/php/tips-and-practices
Publication
Twitter Bootstrap Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers
https://www.toptal.com/developers/twitter-bootstrap/tips-and-practices
Education
2005 - 2009
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba - Cordoba
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery UI, jQuery, Node.js, Google Maps, X (formerly Twitter) API, Google API, Facebook Open Graph API, Backbone.js, Facebook SDK
Tools
Git, Sublime Text 2, MySQL Workbench, Terminal, Google Analytics
Languages
JavaScript, CSS3, HTML, CSS, HTML5, PHP, Sass, Java, Python, Octave
Frameworks
Express.js, Koa, Redux, CodeIgniter, Laravel, AngularJS, Bootstrap
Platforms
MacOS, WordPress, Kubernetes, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, AWS Lambda, Unix, Google App Engine, Android, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Paradigms
Test-driven Development (TDD), Agile Software Development, Unit Testing, Scrum
Storage
Amazon DynamoDB, Memcached, MySQL, Sphinx Search Engine
Other
Cython, Kubernetes Operations (kOps), Lean Startups
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