Mislav Paparella, Developer in Šibenik, Croatia
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Mislav Paparella

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Bio

Mislav is an experienced web developer with nine years of professional experience, mainly in front-end development. He has worked on a variety of projects for clients all over the world and prides himself on being able to deliver high-quality products in a timely and professional manner.

Portfolio

ActiveColor
HTML5, ECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript 6, Vuex, Vue, Vue SSR, Vue 2, Vue CLI, Vite...
Convertiv
Vue, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
Trikoder
React, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Experience

  • Front-end - 10 years
  • CSS - 10 years
  • HTML - 10 years
  • JavaScript - 9 years
  • jQuery - 8 years
  • Performance Optimization - 5 years
  • Vue - 4 years
  • Nuxt.js - 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Figma, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), OS X

The most amazing...

...piece of software I've worked on is a multiple award winning web based banking application designed for microfinance services.

Work Experience

Lead Front-end Engineer

2019 - PRESENT
ActiveColor
  • Acted as the lead architect and developer on a large healthcare app used by multiple US healthcare systems and hospitals.
  • Worked on award-winning websites with complex animations.
  • Engineered the next generation of leading metronome apps in schools and general music practice. They are based on Web Audio API and complex SVG animations.
  • Performed code reviews, performance, accessibility, and SEO optimizations.
  • Took charge of decisions on technology choices and software architecture.
Technologies: HTML5, ECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript 6, Vuex, Vue, Vue SSR, Vue 2, Vue CLI, Vite, Nuxt.js

Front-end Developer

2017 - 2019
Convertiv
  • Developed web-based solutions for Kaspersky Lab and other international clients.
  • Acted as a front-end applications developer. Managed a team of four people on more significant projects.
  • Created in-house front-end frameworks, including starter Webpack starter projects with default CSS and JavaScript set up. This helped to quickly start new projects.
  • Worked on optimizing web performance, accessibility and SEO.
Technologies: Vue, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Front-end Developer

2014 - 2015
Trikoder
  • Worked on many large international projects in one of Croatia's biggest IT companies.
  • Optimized web performance, as well as accessibility and SEO.
  • Worked on the most famous and largest personal ads app in Croatia.
  • Worked on the next-generation publishing software used internationally.
Technologies: React, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Lead Front-end Developer

2013 - 2014
Oradian
  • Led front-end development on Instafin, a multiple award-winning web-based banking application designed for microfinance services.
  • Architected JavaScript framework in times before frameworks like React and other similar frameworks.
  • Collaborated closely with back-end developers. Took charge of front-end code reviews.
Technologies: Scrum, CSS, JavaScript

Front-end Developer

2013 - 2014
UX Passion
  • Worked on an extensive, real-time, single-page web application with heavy social network integration.
  • Created the front-end for a responsive eCommerce website.
  • Designed and developed the front end for the administration section of a VPN service.
  • Designed and developed the front end for a hybrid mobile VPN app.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Full-stack Developer

2012 - 2013
Emusoft
  • Worked on both front end and back end to create a large fashion social network project.
  • Wrote unit and integration tests for both front-end and back-end.
  • Worked on modernizing a legacy app by transforming it to a single-page app using Backbone.js and Rails API.
  • Collaborated on a large geolocation application that relies on Google Maps API.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Experience

Illinois Colon CARES

Led front-end development on a healthcare Vue.js web application. The application started as a project for a single hospital system and now covers multiple hospitals and hospital systems. I was responsible for coding (HTML, faithful UI implementation with CSS, Vue.js, and related technologies), managing the team, code reviews, and more.

Cynosure Management Apps

Development (CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Vue.js, UI, and logic implementation) for a cosmetic/specialty healthcare firm. The app is complex and has several user roles (like admin, doctors, clinics, end-users, knowledge portals, etc.)

Underhood

Lead front-end developer for the creation of this section of CAB Studios.

CAB Studios

http://www.cabstudios.co.uk/
Lead front-end developer for the creation of this site.

PrivateTunnel

https://www.privatetunnel.com/home/
Desktop and mobile application front end.

Metroteka

http://metroteka.com/
A website for a calibration laboratory.

Wantering (Previously StyledOn)

A social network for fashion.

Wall of Tweets

A single-page web app for streaming Twitter (and other social networks, like Facebook and Vine) feeds in real time with a complex administration, theme creation, and moderation section.

RealCroatia

https://www.realcroatia.com/en/
RealCroatia is an experience and accommodation booking portal. I developed this site while working for Trikoder.

Primary Book Club

A small eCommerce site selling curated children book titles.
Developed with a Node.js back end and AngularJS front end.

Klink

https://web.archive.org/web/20200621210028/https://klinkdelivery.com/
Klink delivery is a small eCommerce site that sells beer and spirit drinks. Nowadays, it is part of delivery.com, so the link below is a semi-functional snapshot from the Wayback Machine internet archive.

Codeanywhere - Cross Platform Cloud IDE

https://codeanywhere.com/
I developed the front end for this website.

Timeline Genius

https://www.timelinegenius.com/users/sign_up
Web application designed to help wedding planners. Timeline Genius greatly reduces the time and labor needed to create wedding timelines.

The app features real-time collaboration functionality for planners, clients, and vendors.

Journey Lane

JourneyLane is a social application focusing on lifelogging, travel, and other life experiences management and sharing. The application also allows for group and team management.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Vue, Vue 2, Node.js, React, Vuex

Tools

Figma, Sketch, Git, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sublime Text, Sketch 4, Vue CLI

Languages

JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, CSS, HTML, Sass, SCSS, Pug, ECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript 6

Frameworks

Nuxt.js, Svelte, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Express.js, Vue SSR

Paradigms

Web Architecture, Scrum, Agile Software Development

Platforms

Visual Studio Code (VS Code), OS X

Other

Front-end, Software, Performance Optimization, Technical Leadership, Vite, CSS5

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