Seth McLeod

I have many years of experience working with JavaScript on various projects, from small hackathon projects to enterprise cloud software. I'm familiar with the language fundamentals, like: execution context, closures, scope, inheritance, types and asynchronous processing. On a day-to-day basis I primarily work with TypeScript and utilize features from the latest versions of ECMAScript, like: arrow functions, async/await, generators, object destructuring, ect.

I've worked with React on various production projects for over 6 years now, and it's one of my favorite libraries. I'm familiar with the ecosystem and fluent with complimentary tools like Redux, React Router, Reselect, ect. I take a pure functional component approach to almost every project and build atoms that are reusable and DRY. State is often stored in a single immutable object and passed down via props but I'll leverage new features like React Hooks whenever possible to simplify state management. I use libraries like Reselect to cache data computations and increase performance, as well as Immutable and TypeScript for safety.

Coming from a graphic and web design background, HTML and CSS were the first technical languages I learned. Since then I've spent more than 10 years building web sites and apps of different shapes and sizes. I do my best to stay up-to-date with the latest specifications and best practices around markup and styling.

I have used the Adobe suite extensively since I started my career path as a graphic designer back in 2009. I'm comfortable using Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch for different things, like: photo editing, logos and branding, print design, and website or app mockups.

I strive to make every experience I build user-friendly and intuitive. I believe simplicity is a core aspect of good design and I constantly try empathize with the end-user and craft things that are a delight to learn and use.

I work with projects built on top of node almost every day. I'm familiar with scaffolding and task runner tools (Yeoman, Grunt and Gulp) as well as dependency management (Yarn, Npm, Bower), module bundling (Webpack, Browserify), and building and serving APIs (Express, Koa, Knex). Knowing the fundamentals of JavaScript as a language allows me to pick up most frameworks and tools rather quickly.