Silvestar Bistrović - Freelance HTML5 Developer for Hire

Freelance UI Developer

Beam Interactive (via Toptal)

2017 - 2018

Made styling improvements to an existing WordPress website.
Built a complete library of reusable components for a property management website using HTML, Sass, JavaScript, and Gulp.
Built new pixel-perfect static pages from PSD files using components from the style guide.
Created custom graphs using Highcharts.js.

Technologies: HTML, Sass, JavaScript, WordPress, Git, HighCharts

Freelance UI Developer

Contiamo (via Toptal)

2017 - 2017

Created a style guide for every component used in a static website using KSS.
Built all elements using HTML5 and Sass.
Implemented responsiveness using Sass-mq and CSS-locks.
Helped configure Webpack for development and production environment.
Implemented and optimized SVG assets to display pixel-perfect graphics.

Technologies: Sass, HTML5, SVG, JavaScript, Webpack, Yarn

Front-end Developer

Farmeron

2015 - 2017

Built a style guide for an enterprise dairy industry system.
Developed an application for generating dynamic reports using AngularJS.
Created a single-page dairy industry application using the UI library.
Worked on building an interface for the dairy industry modules.
Organized front-end workshops for an entire team.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS

Web Developer

ICTmedia

2012 - 2015

Worked on an interface for a business intelligence application.
Delivered complete CRM solutions for a local business incubator and a property agency.
Delivered an application for handling property-based call centers.
Worked on a custom CMS solution, both on improving the system and building websites.

Technologies: PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CSS, HTML, jQuery

Style Guide for a Property Management Website (Development)

A complete library of reusable components built for a property management website that I used to develop 30+ pixel-perfect static pages, custom graphs, and Google Maps components with customized behavior and styling.

Silvestar Bistrović (Development)

https://www.silvestarbistrovic.from.hr/

A personal website with a blog. The site runs on Hexo, Netlify, Cloudinary, Cloudflare, and BitBucket. Featured on JAMstack.

Han Han Xue (Development)

https://hanhanxue.com/

A website with a blog for Han Han Xue, a Designer and FX Technical Director from Montreal, Canada. The site runs on Middleman, Netlify, and BitBucket.

Contiamo (Development)

https://www.contiamo.com/

A website for Contiamo, a company that uses machine learning and AI to drive better decision making and process optimization. The site runs on Middleman, Webpack, Netlify, and GitHub.

Irina and Matej (Development)

https://irinaandmatej.com/

A website for Irina and Matej, wedding and portrait photographers based in Croatia. The site runs on WordPress, DigitalOcean, and Cloudflare.

Franciscan Children's (Development)

https://franciscanchildrens.org/

A website for Franciscan Children’s, an integral part of Boston’s pediatric medical ecosystem that serves children and adolescents with complex medical, mental health and educational needs. The site runs on WordPress.

Atika Interijeri (Development)

https://atika-interijeri.hr/

A website for Atika Interijeri, a carpentry company, specialized in creating all kinds of custom furniture. The site runs on WordPress, DigitalOcean, and Cloudflare.

Marcijuš Weddings (Development)

https://marcijusweddings.com/

A website for Marcijuš Weddings, wedding photographers who love spontaneity, creative focus, black and white photography. The site runs on WordPress, DigitalOcean, and Cloudflare.

Born in June (Other amazing things)

https://borninjune.net/

A website for Lara, who was born in June and is a passionate traveler, biologist, and wedding photographer. The site runs on WordPress, DigitalOcean, and Cloudflare.

CSS Weekly Publications (Other amazing things)

https://www.silvestarbistrovic.from.hr/articles/using-css-grid-where-appropriate/

My articles about CSS tabs, CSS sidebar toggle, and using CSS Grid have been featured on CSS Weekly's newsletter, Issues #237, #258, and #277.

CSS tabs, part II: Accessibility -
https://www.silvestarbistrovic.from.hr/articles/css-tabs-part-ii-accessibility/

CSS sidebar toggle -https://www.silvestarbistrovic.from.hr/articles/css-sidebar-toggle/

Using CSS Grid where appropriate - https://www.silvestarbistrovic.from.hr/articles/using-css-grid-where-appropriate/

A Guide to Static Site Generators Using Hexo and WordPress (Publication)

https://www.toptal.com/front-end/wordpress-to-html-with-hexo-blog

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Silvestar Bistrovic explains the process of migrating a WordPress blog to a static site generator using Hexo, outlining the pros and cons of the approach.

Languages

CSS3, SCSS, HTML5, Markdown, CSS, Sass, Less, CSS4, JavaScript, YAML, ECMAScript (ES6), PHP

Frameworks

Bootstrap, YARN, Responsive Frameworks, Dropzone.js, Prototype

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Flexbox, Slick, Masonry, Typeform.io, jQuery UI, GSAP, Mustache, WordPress REST API, WordPress API

Tools

VS Code, BitBucket, GitHub, Trello, NPM, Git, Git flow, Gulp.js, Terminal, Bower, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), PageSpeed, ACF Pro, Asana, JIRA, Google Analytics, Modular scale, CloudFlare, Middleman, PostCSS, Grunt.js, WebPagetest, Stylelint, Sketch 3, Stylus, Adobe Photoshop, JSHint, Sketch, Figma, Inkscape, InVision, Gimp

Paradigms

Responsive, Responsive Layout, BEM, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive Development, Responsive Coding, On-page SEO, UI Design Standards & Best Practices, Web Design

Platforms

WordPress, Mac OS, WordPress Theme Design, GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP), DigitalOcean, Netlify, Windows, Visual Studio Code, Linux

Storage

JSON, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Other

Problem Solving, Layout, Responsive UI, Sketch to WordPress, BEM Architecture, Sketch to HTML, Page Speed Optimization, PSD to WordPress, Icon Fonts, FontAwesome, Front-end, CSS Grid, PSD to Bootstrap, PSD to HTML, User Interface (UI), CSS3 Animation, PSD Slicing, HTML Templates, SVG, Styleguides, WordPress Themes, Critical-path CSS, Website Optimization, User Experience (UX), Scss-lint, APIs, Landing Page Design, Landing Pages, Landing Page Optimization, WordPress Design, Responsive Design, HTML5 Animations, SVG Animation, Logo Animation, UI Animation, Animation, Google Fonts, Contact Form 7, UI Guidelines, Debugging, Website Maintenance, Documentation, Architecture, Typography, Fluid Design, ESLint, AJAX, Site Speed Optimization, Blog Development, Blogging, Favicons, Accessibility, A11Y

Master's degree in Communications and Information

Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Osijek, Croatia

2005 - 2011