Mario Slepcevic

I worked on both the front end and back end in a small team scattered around Europe and the US. The back end was built to be used directly from an admin interface, as well as an API. It included a custom site builder interface that could be used by administrators to customize the look and feel of the front end. The API was used from the front end, mostly for user actions, but it was built also to be used by external resources. The code was thoroughly tested on both the frontend and the backend. A good development process was used, which enabled for fast iterations with no cost in quality, and an excellent opportunity to learn and implement new things. Regular meetings were held—both technical and managerial—where everything was well discussed, planned, and coordinated, so everyone knew what they were doing and how it fits into the bigger picture.

A responsive website built using a modern JavaScript framework with data being pulled from a headless CMS as well as an internal data store. The project was built from the ground up by a small team with the idea of using the newest available technologies while giving content managers a powerful tool that could seamlessly be integrated into the project's toolchain.

We were able to completely separate data entry from the codebase which gave us more time to focus on the code itself. Continuous integration was set up from the very beginning, and everything was tested thoroughly with unit, integration, E2E (Cypress), and quality (Lighthouse) tests which allowed for quick and determined changes. Since the framework we were using leveraged server-side rendering (SSR), SEO was brought to a really high level, and could easily be controlled through the external CMS. The CMS also allowed us to easily set up a preview environment where content managers could see their edits live, enabling them to publish their changes only when they were satisfied with the result.