Vitaly Spirin
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Montreal, QC, Canada
Toptal member since May 10, 2016
Vitaly is a PHP developer who enjoys delivering structured, efficient, well-tested code that is easy to maintain. In every company he has worked for, he brought the technical stack to a new level, decreasing project costs by several times. Vitaly likes learning (and applying) new technology and staying up to date.
Portfolio
Experience
- PHP - 4 years
- Test-driven Development (TDD) - 3 years
- MySQL - 3 years
- JavaScript - 3 years
- Yii - 2 years
- AngularJS - 1 year
- PHPUnit - 1 year
- QUnit - 1 year
Preferred Environment
Git, Cloud9
The most amazing...
...library I've written was Simple Active Record, which automatically adds validators based on table schema.
Work Experience
Web Developer
My Yoga Online
- Moved the website from spaghetti code (where SQL queries were right near HTML tags) to ActiveRecord and MVC.
- Improved the company’s database by introducing relational integrity, domain integrity, and versioning of schema updates.
- Introduced Test Driven Development using testing frameworks on both server side (SimpleTest) and client side (qUnit).
- Maintained the company’s website, fixed bugs, and implemented new functionality.
Web Developer
Prizm Media, Inc.
- Architected and developed a website from scratch including database schema, MVC, and HTML/CSS coding.
- Integrated APIs on front-end (JavaScript): Facebook, GooglePlus, Twitter, Pinterest, and AdSense.
- Integrated APIs on back-end: Facebook, Groupon, Amazon, and FatSecret.
- Developed a RESTful API on the server to support an iPhone app.
- Optimized the production database (indexes, sizing, referential integrity, domain integrity).
Experience
Festive Health
Kudofile
My Yoga Online
My Personal Projects
https://github.com/vitalyspirin?tab=repositoriesEducation
Associate's Degree in Web Application Software Development
British Columbia Institute of Technology - Vancouver, Canada
Associate's Degree in Applied Database Administration and Design
British Columbia Institute of Technology - Vancouver, Canada
Skills
Tools
Git, Subversion (SVN), Xdebug, Vagrant
Languages
PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Paradigms
Test-driven Development (TDD), REST
Frameworks
QUnit, Yii, SimpleTest, AngularJS, PHPUnit
Storage
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
Other
APIs, Cloud9, OAuth, Code Coverage, GitFlow
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