
Vedran Aberle Tokić
Verified Expert in Engineering
Front-end Developer
Zagreb, Croatia
Toptal member since July 23, 2015
Vedran is a JavaScript-based front-end developer with a broad experience in many areas that always end up going back to what he loves doing most: problem-solving user interfaces. Always attracted to procedural animation and graphics, he's addicted to hearing the reaction, "It can do that!?"
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 20 years
- Web Animation - 20 years
- Front-end Development - 20 years
- HTML5 - 14 years
- CSS3 - 12 years
- User Interface (UI) - 12 years
- Responsive - 7 years
- Three.js - 5 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Node.js, Vanilla JS, Figma, Bootstrap, React
The most amazing...
...script I've produced is an embeddable JavaScript ad using DOM analysis and pathfinding to navigate graphic elements over the page without obscuring the content.
Work Experience
Front-end Web Developer
Various Toptal Clients
- Built a client dashboard with custom UI elements for a lending platform using Bootstrap, Sass, and jQuery.
- Designed and built a match replay viewer app for an esports training service using SVG, JavaScript, and React.
- Developed a client dashboard with custom UI elements for a home automation platform using Bootstrap, Sass, jQuery, and React.
- Created an automated mapping service interface using React, TypeScript styled-components, and Storybook. Also, I provided UI/UX development services and liaison with an external design team.
- Built a simple browser-based 3D editor that creates embeddable scenes using React and Three.js (React-three-fiber).
Engineering Blog Editor
Toptal, LLC
- Proofread and fact-checked author submissions and helped the authors communicate their ideas. Published articles using custom CMS and HTML.
- Built and implemented email templates and template redesigns using HTML and HubSpot.
- Performed traffic analysis and user behavior research using Google Analytics.
- Created design briefs for the design team to produce graphics and illustrations for the articles.
Front-end Web Developer
Toptal Client
- Built the user interface for a creator-supporter communication platform using Bootstrap.
- Built animations, interactive infographics, and custom UI elements for a web development agency using SVG, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery.
- Built a functional application mockup for presentation to potential investers using Bootstrap, Google Charts, and Webpack.
- Built a client dashboard with custom UI elements for a webshop/investment platform using Bootstrap, Sass, and jQuery.
- Built animations and user interface for a browser-based power-management educational game using d3.js and JavaScript.
- Built a website front end with animations, parallax, and custom interactive UI elements for a consulting agency using Bootstrap, Sass, and jQuery.
- Built multiple iterations of a market research prototype for a large industry client. Implemented and ran A/B testing, research analysis, and test marketing campaigns, using Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Analytics, and Google AdWords.
- Redesigned and rebuilt an existing administration system for a sports streaming service, using Bootstrap, Sass, jQuery, and Webpack.
Front-end Web Developer
Omega Media d.o.o.
- Created an online 3D presentation platform using Three.js.
- Designed and developed a back-end-less (WYSIWYG) CMS using jQuery and custom two-way binding.
- Created a responsive company website with 3D elements and graceful degradation using Three.js.
- Translated clients' visual identity guidelines to reusable CSS3 templates using Stylus.
- Implemented company-wide Kanban and defined development workflows using Jira.
Project Manager | Web Developer
Inventa d.d.
- Developed an application for banner testing and client approval using PHP, MySQL, jQuery, and Dropzone.js.
- Created an embeddable JavaScript ad that uses DOM analysis and pathfinding to navigate graphical elements without obscuring the page contents using jQuery.
- Created an embeddable JavaScript ad that modifies target page DOM and stylesheets to rebrand the page and inserted content (including parallax backgrounds, canvas animations, and more) using jQuery.
- Created an ad testing service that takes a live site URL, retrieves its code, and modifies it to be usable on another domain, and finally replaces existing ad delivery functionality in the source with custom ad delivery using PHP and jQuery.
- Developed a responsive parallax site for a startup conference including booking services using PHP, MySQL, and jQuery.
- Coordinated multiple projects between international clients and third-party developers using MS Project and Basecamp.
IBU Technical Manager
Nova TV d.d. (CME Corp.)
- Produced several large-scale news/content portals using a custom CMS with LAMP.
- Produced a pay-per-view video streaming platform using LAMP and Adobe Media Server.
- Implemented and developed multiple revenue generating channels (ad serving systems, content branding services, video branding services, and more).
- Designed and developed a JavaScript only house-ad serving solution to reduce delivery costs using jQuery.
- Developed multiple image and video gallery applications using Flash and HTML5.
- Produced multiple iOS, Android, and other (e.g., Symbian, smart-TV) applications for content sites.
- Produced an upgrade and redesign of the biggest national blogging platform.
Web Developer
Nova TV d.d. (CME Corp.)
- Developed the front end for a major national sports portal including video stream implementation, score tracking from various services, advertising implementation, and more.
- Built a website for children accompanying a child-oriented TV channel with multiple Flash-based games, video streaming, and promotional content.
- Developed a Flash image gallery with features such as voting, skinning, and content-aware resizing.
- Produced a content-serving platform for all sites using a custom CMS. The service was used for providing site content in various formats (SOAP, JSON, XML) as well as modular custom templates.
- Developed the front end and implemented various features and designs for one of the major national news portals.
- Built a from-scratch 3D rendering environment (and website) in ActionScript 2.0 (featuring bitmap or animated (MovieClip) textured polygons and limited shading).
Founder, CEO
White Smoke, Ltd.
- Developed a web-based application for office-to-studio control of TV gameshow graphical overlays using PHP, MySQL, and ActionScript.
- Built a skinnable, remote-controlled, live TV gameshow overlay using Flash with an output to a Blackmagic graphics card for broadcasting.
- Created a WYSIWYG, skinnable, SEO-aware CMS for rich Flash websites.
- Developed a two-way binding framework between HTML DOM and Flash using JavaScript and ActionScript.
- Produced websites and web-based applications for numerous clients and contractors in a wide range of technologies.
Web Developer | Designer
Autronic Computers, Ltd.
- Designed and developed a computer configuration app in Flash enabling customers to customize and purchase personal computers from available stock.
- Built an interface between stock, billing, and website enabling visitors to see availability of products.
- Created a service that would parse and auto-populate website, stock, and billing applications from custom formatted Excel files.
- Designed and developed a company site redesign.
- Designed and prepared promotional graphics for offset printing.
Lecturer
Infokatedra, Ltd.
- Produced courses and learning manuals for Macromedia Flash and ActionScript.
- Wrote courses and learning manuals for web design and Macromedia Fireworks.
- Produced courses and learning manuals for HTML, CSS, and Macromedia Dreamweaver.
- Produced courses and learning manuals for JavaScript.
- Taught courses in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Microsoft Office, and computer basics.
Experience
Hermes.js
Custom Event Handler
News Portal
http://dnevnik.hrNational TV Channel Website
http://novatv.hrSports Portal
http://gol.hrWomen's Lifestyle Portal
http://zadovoljna.hr/Entertainment TV Channel Website
http://domatv.hrVideo-on-Demand Service Website
Internet over SIM Service Provider
Computer Maintenance Solution Website
Save the Baltic Sea
Startup Conference
Marketing Agency Website
http://www.omegamedia.hrFashion Portal
http://www.grazia.hrLocal Website for Nivea
http://www.nivea.hrPrint Your Label Website
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Parallax, Three.js, jQuery, React, jQuery UI, D3.js, WebGL, Google Maps, Node.js, Modernizr, Web API, OpenAI API
Tools
Flash, Fireworks, Google Analytics, CKEditor, Bitbucket, Adobe Photoshop, Google Webmaster Tools, Stylus, Figma, Adobe, Sublime Text, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Webpack, Subversion (SVN), Git, Apache, Bower, Grunt, Adobe CS6, Mailchimp, Blender, ComfyUI
Languages
ECMAScript (ES6), HTML5, ActionScript 2, CSS3, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, SCSS, XML, Flash ActionScript, Visual Basic, TypeScript, Sass, Less, PHP
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Vanilla JS, Compass, Laravel
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive, Refactoring, Scalable Application, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Model View Controller (MVC), Agile Software Development, REST
Storage
JSON, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Platforms
LAMP, Webflow, Windows, HubSpot, KeystoneJS, Google Ads, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Shopify, Docker, DigitalOcean
Other
User Experience (UX), SVG, Web Standards, Cross-site Scripting, Animation, Mobile First, DOM, Front-end Development, WYSIWYG Web Builders, CSS3 Animation, HTML5 Animations, UI Animation, Web Animation, CSS Animations, Front-end, APIs, Information Architecture (IA), Graphic Design, Regular Expressions, Text Processing, Rich Internet Applications, Optimization, User Interface (UI), Wamp, Usability, 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, A/B Testing, Video Editing, Video Streaming, Styled-components, Storybook, OpenAI GPT-3 API, OpenAI GPT-4 API, Dynamic Prompt Engineering, Dynamic Context Engineering, Image Generation, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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