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Python Backend and Test Automation Engineer

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  • Degree in Chemistry, Oxford University.
  • Former A+ PC Technician, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified SQL Server DBA.
  • Former Business Information Architect.
  • Qualified Accountant Technician and business owner.
  • Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, React, Vue, Web Components, Node, Docker
  • Talks and workshops given at WordCamps, MeetUps and NDC.

Talks and Workshops

A list of talks and workshops I have given:

  • PyCon Ireland 2024 - 2 hr workshop 'Getting started with PyTest' - Nov 2024

  • TALK: Offline and instant websites, aka Progressive Web Apps - AsyncJS, Brighton, September 2021.

  • LIGHTNING TALK: WordPress as a Micro Service to any framework - WordFest, July 2021.

  • TALK: WP REST API and Web Components => 100% Internet - WordCamp Santa Clarita, July 2021.

  • TALK: Web Components in WP, Gutenberg and as HTML plugins. - WordCamp North East Ohio May 2021.

  • TALK: Leveraging the power or the WordPress REST API - WP Leeds April 2021

  • WORKSHOP: WP REST API and you -> Best Friends Forever workshop (90 mins) - WordCamp Greece April 2021

  • TALK: Web Components as Micro Apps - NDC London, Jan 2021

  • TALK: Unifying frameworks with Web Components - Brighton AsyncJS, Nov 2020

  • WORKSHOP: Progressive Web Apps Workshop (2hrs) - NDC Oslo June 2020 and a paid training workshop with NDC

  • WORKSHOP: Web Components Workshop (2hrs) - NDC Oslo June 2020 and a paid training workshope with NDC

  • WORKSHOP: Progressive Web Apps Workshop (2hrs) - Brighton WordUp June 2020

  • WORKSHOP: WordPress REST API with AJAX Forms and Pages - WordCamp Denver, June 2020.

  • WORKSHOP: WordPress REST API with AJAX Forms and Pages - WordCamp Kent, Ohio May 2020.

  • TALK: What is the WP REST API and how can I use it to make forms and pages that don’t need to do be reloaded? - WordUp Brighton May 2020.

  • WORKSHOP: WordPress REST API and AJAX Forms - WordCamp Geneva March 2020 EVENT CANCELLED due to virus concerns

  • TALK - WP-HTML: The marriage of WP and JS Frameworks for expansion, ubiquity and profit - WordCamp Vienna February 2020.

  • WORKSHOP: WordPress REST API - WordCamp Vienna February 2020.

  • TALK: Progressive Web Apps - Brighton WordUp November 2019.

  • TALK: Decoupled WordPress (code along style) - WordCamp Dublin October 2019.

  • TALK: JWT and Authentication - WPHooked London September 2019

  • TALK: Decoupled WordPress and WP Components - WordCamp Brighton August 2019.

Published Udemy Courses

Udemy is a great learning platform and having sales at least once a month, courses can be purchased for ~ £15/$15 USD.

These have now been retired.

  • WordPress REST API and AJAX Forms/Pages - DEMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubhbcGH_Ws&t=6s (paid)
  • Progressive Web Apps - DEMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_lHvNL0gkw (paid)
  • WP-HTML: decoupling WordPress to any HTML platform using Web Components and the WP REST API. This also enables HTML plugins for non-WP Sites - https://www.udemy.com/course/powerful-html-pages-using-wordpress-component-architecture/ (free)
  • Stylish Dynamic Web Forms with jQuery validation - https://www.udemy.com/course/ready-to-use-form-validation-templates-with-jquery/ (free)

YouTube Courses - Developer to Developer courses

These are video courses that cover work through official documents to help other developers, learn in public and show prosepective employers not just what I know but how I learn and how I communicate technical matters to others.

There are also some specific videos explaining solutions to set ups other developers may encounter.

  • HIGHLY-FUNCTIONAL-WEBCOMPONENTS: A video course based on the workshop I gave at NDC Oslo June 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC-JTqQTv2k&list=PLsszRSbzjyvkQwzrJobroRl7z7MfSlePa

  • WP Plugin Boilerplate: I havea video series to explain WP Plugin Boilerplate using a scaffolded out project that demonstrates the use of MySQL, wp_nonce, REST API, forms and how to redirect pages to plugin templates to make the plugin theme independent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9ktD4JOfs&list=PLsszRSbzjyvn-RQr4dEjrgnTne2HcJKee

Volunteering

I volunteer at Codebar.io in Brighton as well as some Community Kitchens.

Outside interests

These include Community Kitchens, gym, occasional partner dancing and DIY.