Publication
Get Your Angular 2 On: Upgrading from 1.5
https://www.toptal.com/developers/angular-js/angular-2-upgrading-from-1-5
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Ethan James
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Brooklyn, United States
Toptal member since December 6, 2015
Bio
Ethan has worked on many different stacks, but always returns to his first love: JavaScript. He delights in connecting RESTful APIs to painstakingly-engineered front-ends using AngularJS, or whichever other framework provides the best user experience for the project. He writes clean, semantic HTML5 and CSS3 and is as responsive as the sites he builds. He is pleasant and diligent.
Portfolio
Radeeus, Inc.
Parallax, CocoaPods, Objective-C, iOS, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
Wide Open Technologies
AFNetworking, Objective-C, WordPress, CoffeeScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby...
WaveRider, Inc.
WordPress, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Objective-C, iOS, Adobe Photoshop, jQuery...
Experience
- CSS3 - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 7 years
- HTML5 - 7 years
- jQuery - 6 years
- WordPress - 5 years
- Sketch - 2 years
- AngularJS - 1 year
Preferred Environment
Git, Sublime Text, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've coded is a complex AngularJS form powered by a robust data model running on Node.js that I'm currently in the process of porting to ES6.
Work Experience
Contract iOS Developer/Web Developer
2014 - 2015
Radeeus, Inc.
- Built a state-of-the-art website including custom parallax scrolling with jQuery to engage and entertain visitors.
- Used advanced CSS3 techniques to create eye-catching transitions between embedded videos.
- Integrated optimized SoundCloud API calls into the iOS app.
- Overhauled the tutorial and in-app gallery for their music-sharing iOS app.
- Upgraded oAuth authentication in their social networking music-sharing iOS app.
Technologies: Parallax, CocoaPods, Objective-C, iOS, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
Contract Front-end Developer/iOS Developer
2013 - 2015
Wide Open Technologies
- Built out a large WordPress site utilizing advanced CSS techniques like Flexbox, plus numerous jQuery-based UI elements.
- Built a powerful filtering interface for video-editing software using Backbone.js.
- Overhauled an iOS app with a beautiful new iOS 7-inspired interface and additional functionality.
- Maintained the web app of a slick, full-featured todo list app using CoffeeScript and Backbone.js.
- Added new features to a RESTful Ruby on Rails API.
Technologies: AFNetworking, Objective-C, WordPress, CoffeeScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Backbone.js, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5
Contract Web Developer
2007 - 2015
WaveRider, Inc.
- Developed an administrative interface for their iPad-based loyalty program using Ruby on Rails and jQuery.
- Developed a CMS using Backbone.js and CakePHP for a mobile-first surfing magazine.
- Built a complex, interdependent series of forms for a self-improvement workshop series using Gravity Forms in WordPress.
- Built over 30 websites from Photoshop comps using clean, semantic HTML and CSS.
- Managed development of a collection of eCommerce sites and developed modules providing functionality ranging from single-page checkout to advanced usage tracking.
Technologies: WordPress, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Objective-C, iOS, Adobe Photoshop, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Contract Software Engineer
2013 - 2014
Neuronic Games
- Switched their math-intensive gradebook to a client-driven AJAX model.
- Integrated Pusher for real-time synchronization of background jobs like PDF generation.
- Optimized messaging queue to display correct notifications for deep comment threads.
- Implemented functionality to clone complex data models, among other administrative tasks.
- Streamlined registration process with invite tokens for various user roles.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, CSS, HTML, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, Pusher, jQuery, JavaScript
Front-end Developer
2012 - 2013
Advance Digital
- Developed a responsive, modular header for their suite of news sites.
- Implemented real-time commenting on the sports page using activity streams.
- Deployed code to Akamai across all sites, serving 45 million users per month.
- Conducted extensive research into Modernizr and other polyfill solutions.
- Built a responsive page that emphasized news content for their entire platform.
Technologies: Modernizr, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5
Web Developer
2009 - 2011
iHwy
- Developed a slider-based interface for showcasing a winery's inventory using jQuery and the TrimPath JavaScript templating engine.
- Built a 3-site "competency toolbox" for a human resources firm using extensive jQuery UI and CodeIgniter.
- Built a personnel management app in Adobe AIR with jQuery.
- Built a prototype for a single-page AJAX-based web app to promote awareness of congressional voting records.
- Revamped the company website with a new slideshow to demo their new portfolio pieces.
- Developed a .NET API in C# to power a classroom attendance-tracking iPhone app.
Technologies: .NET, C#, Adobe AIR, jQuery, JavaScript, CodeIgniter
Experience
EScope Chrome Extension
A browser extension was needed to detect and collect all types of ads displayed during the course of a user's web browsing. These ads were sent to the server for analysis in order to determine which ads were sponsored by political candidates or groups.
EScope Data Visualization
A variety of D3.js graphs were required to show various statistics related to the political ads collected by the EScope browser extension.
Venticity
These entrepreneurial brothers wanted to disrupt the wedding planning industry by connecting vendors directly to couples using geolocation and instant messaging capabilities. They needed a custom WordPress portal built from the ground up to facilitate stress-free wedding planning.
Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
This green technology company needed a complete overhaul of their web presence. The new site is built on WordPress, with pixel-perfect layout of their complex blog structure including image galleries, an events calendar, training resources, and a Google Map showing their partners.
AngularJS Zilyo Demo
I wanted to show off my growing AngularJS skills, so I built a little app using Angular and the Google Maps API. It demonstrates how easy it is to build a powerful single-page application using AngularJS.
Cheddar Web App
I added a number of API endpoints to facilitate additional iOS & OS X app functionality, plus I added an archive view for browsing old lists & tasks using CoffeeScript and Backbone.js.
Radeeus.com
I built a beautiful, highly-interactive site to very exact design specifications that demonstrates the iOS app's functionality using integrated video and extensive parallax scrolling.
RISK!
http://risk-show.com/I've taken over all development on the website for this popular podcast, including implementing their online store and adding search functionality to their expansive episode archive.
Levelfly Learning
I added a host of features to this SPA that combines online education with social networking. I made their math-heavy gradebook more responsive, scheduled computationally-intensive jobs in background queues, and too much more to mention.
The Story Studio
https://thestorystudio.org/I implemented a complete redesign, bringing the look and feel of this website into the modern age. I added gift certificates, promo codes, a complex taxonomy for categorizing their workshops, and much more.
Education
2002 - 2005
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Google Maps, Backbone.js, Node.js, Pusher, Modernizr, CocoaPods, Parallax
Tools
Git, Adobe Photoshop, Karma, NPM, Bower, Subversion (SVN), Gulp, Grunt, Sketch, Sublime Text 2, Sublime Text, Adobe AIR, Mongoose
Languages
PHP, HTML5, CSS3, Objective-C, JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Ruby, HTML, CSS, C#, CoffeeScript
Paradigms
Prototype-based OOP, Agile Software Development, Functional Programming
Platforms
Linux, WordPress, iOS, MacOS
Storage
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
Frameworks
CodeIgniter, Jasmine, AngularJS, Ruby on Rails (RoR), AFNetworking, .NET, CakePHP
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