Ben Jones, Developer in Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Ben Jones

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Front-end Developer

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Toptal member since March 27, 2017

Expertise
GitREST APIVue.jsHTML5VBAJavaScriptNode.jsTypeScriptMongoDBGitHubExpress.jsSass
Bio

Ben is a skilled developer who always keeps the user in mind, which allows him to see how beneficial or detrimental a development process can be. He wants to create simple but effective software to reduce workload on all sides and to make employees, employers, and customers happy.

Portfolio

PolicyFly, Inc.
JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Vue 2, Webpack, CSS3, Axios, Vuetify, Docker, Vue...
ARS Type (via Toptal)
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Angular
Everwill (via Toptal)
MacOS, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Experience

  • Vue - 4 years
  • Node.js - 3 years
  • TypeScript - 2 years
  • Angular - 2 years
  • Vuetify - 2 years
  • Express.js - 2 years
  • MongoDB - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've built was a highly customized sales management program which reduced workload by up to 80%.

Work Experience

Vue Front-end Developer

2018 - 2024
PolicyFly, Inc.
  • Rebuilt a Vue application to introduce tooling that helped the company scale, such as introducing TypeScript and unit testing.
  • Organized and worked directly on developing almost all main features of the website.
  • Converted a large-scale application from Vue 2 to Vue 3.
Technologies: JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Vue 2, Webpack, CSS3, Axios, Vuetify, Docker, Vue, Vite

Front-end Developer

2017 - 2019
ARS Type (via Toptal)
  • Refactored sections of the website to use Angular for client-side rendering.
  • Created and updated pages to follow new design documents using SCSS.
  • Built components and directives to allow dynamic switching of font families.
  • Helped design and consume an API to provide a faster user experience throughout the website.
  • Integrated a custom secure payment workflow through various providers.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Angular

MS Word Developer

2018 - 2018
Everwill (via Toptal)
  • Created VBA scripts to process documents created via another tool into a consistent format.
  • Ensured Mac for Office compatibility for the script using the VBE interface.
  • Created an installer for MacOS using AppleScript to provide user-friendly ribbon controls for the scripts.
Technologies: MacOS, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Freelance Front-end Developer

2017 - 2018
MJCZone, Inc. (via Toptal)
  • Set up a server-side rendered Vue app using Nuxt.
  • Added material design using Vuetify.
  • Created an event management system using Vue.
  • Created a public-facing event viewer including registration forms with generated field types based on admin requirements when creating events.
  • Used Vuex to manage global application state and Axios for API requests.
  • Built a plugin based on Sortable.js for drag-n-drop field sorting.
  • Assisted in building a plugin/middleware to dynamically generate breadcrumbs throughout the site that work with Nuxt SSR, can fetch and store data such as an event name using async/await, and can be translated using i18n locales.
Technologies: Node.js, Vuex, Nuxt.js, Vuetify, Vue

Sales Administrator

2010 - 2016
Espex Batteries
  • Created a warehouse organization tool to track item movement.
  • Built a sales processing program which integrated with Microsoft Office.
  • Used web APIs in order to create and track shipping orders.
  • Integrated programs with Sage 50 using Sage ADO.
  • Oversaw quality control of the whole company.
Technologies: HTML, SQL, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Designer

2007 - 2008
Signbox Graphics
  • Used CAD software to create vector images for vehicle and shop front signage.
  • Enhanced bitmap images for thermal printing.
  • Printed and assembled signage for a variety of applications.
  • Provided customer support.
  • Arranged and scheduled timescales for projects.
Technologies: CAD

Experience

Territory Assistant

An online address database and website with features such as route finding, map generation, and address uploading

Roguelike Dungeon Crawler

A simple game made using React.

Node-NN (Node Neural Network)

https://github.com/BenShelton/node-nn
A simple neural network written in JavaScript for Node.js. I wanted to learn about the core concepts of machine learning, so I decided to build my own from scratch without using any other libraries. This was a tough project to go into without any previous knowledge, but after a lot of research and plenty of trial and error, I finally created a working example.

CodePen Profile

Most small examples of my front-end design work are hosted on CodePen.
Image of Creating Server-side Rendered Vue.js Apps Using Nuxt.js publication
Publication

Creating Server-side Rendered Vue.js Apps Using Nuxt.js

https://www.toptal.com/vue-js/server-side-rendered-vue-js-using-nuxt-js

Education

2017 - 2017

MongoDB Certified Developer (Associate Level) in MongoDB Developer

MongoDB University - MongoDB

2016 - 2017

Certificate in Data Visualization

FreeCodeCamp - Online

2016 - 2017

Certificate in Front-end Web Development

FreeCodeCamp - Online

Certifications

JUNE 2017 - PRESENT

MongoDB Certified Developer

MongoDB Certification Program

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Vue 2, Vuex, REST APIs, Vue, Node.js, Socket.IO, React, jQuery, D3.js

Tools

Bitbucket, GitLab, Sage 50, Git, GitHub, Webpack, Mongoose, CAD

Languages

TypeScript, ECMAScript (ES6), SCSS, HTML5, CSS3, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Sass, JavaScript, SQL, HTML

Frameworks

Vuetify, Nuxt.js, Express.js, React Native, AngularJS, Redux, Angular, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Bootstrap

Storage

MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Platforms

Docker, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Other

Axios, HTTP, Semantic Versioning, Vite

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