About Me
An Introduction
After graduating from university, I had to think about which field I wanted to enter
into.
Although I really
enjoyed the logical side of my degree, I wanted to have a career in something which also incorporated
creative
and dynamic elements. As a logical thinker with a keen interest in innovation and technology, I realised
that
software engineering is a field that matches all of these criteria. The more I looked into this sector,
the
more excited I became about pursuing a job in it; I therefore decided to complete the Software Engineering
Immersive course at General Assembly in order to make this a reality.
During the course I learned the necessary skills and technologies needed to develop full-stack web
applications. This included MERN Stack development with RESTful API’s and back-end development using
Django
and Python. The course was 12 weeks long and involved lab-challenges, homework, paired programming and
four
group or solo projects.
With experience gained from my degree in Human Biology to working as a cheesemaker to studying full-stack
software development at General assembly, I am no stranger to new situations and challenges. I am always
looking forward to new chances to expand my knowledge base and skillsets. I now look forward to being able
do
this within the industry as a Junior Developer.
My Interests
Music
My music taste knows no bounds, however I hold a particular interest for melodic electronic, indie, futurebass and alternative electronic music. I am constantly adding new music to my spotify playlists. I now create a yearly playlist which contains my favourite songs from that year - sectioning the songs into sub-groups and attempting to make each flow into the next.
Gaming
Gaming has been a favourite past-time of mine since I was little.
I particularly like those which require creative strategy and challenging ones such as the Dark Souls. I
also enjoy games with a co-operative element to them such as Rocket League and Stardew Valley.
Movies / Series
Another favourite past-time of mine is to watch a good movie or series. My favourites so far have been, Game of thrones, Vikings, The Witcher, Silver linings playbook, Harry Potter and Coraline.
Other interests of mine include travelling, surfing, snorkelling, reading, digital art and sudoku
Technology Stack
Projects
Notes
Side-project | | Solo Project
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
React.js
Node.js
Python
Django
PostgreSQL
Notes is a Full Stack Django REST application with a React front-end, Python
back-end and a PostgreSQL database.
Notes is a creative platform that allows users to create and share their own music using an in-built
music player with a selection of sound samples. Using the order of sound samples that the user has
defined in the music creator, the back-end will concatenate and overlay the sounds into a single audio
file (.wav) for the user to listen to once the song is saved.
WASTENOTWANTNOT
( winners )
Month-long | | Team Hackathon
HTML5
SCSS
JavaScript
React.js
Node.js
Python
Django
PostgreSQL
Spoonacular
WASTENOTWANTNOT is a full-stack application built using HTML5, SCSS, React with
React Hooks, Django, Python, PostgreSQL, a RESTful API and the Spoonacular API.
Completed as part of the Code First Girls Hack from Home hackathon in April 2020. Our aim was to help
users avoid the
supermarkets, allow local communities to help each other in times of need and reduce food waste in the
process. The site includes a recipe finder by ingredients and a food community where users can share
ingredients with their neighbours.
Scribble
Week-long | | Paired project
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
React.js
Node.js
Python
Django
PostgreSQL
Material-UI
Scribble is a full-stack application built using HTML5, CSS3, Material-UI, React
with React Hooks, JSON, Django, Python, PostgreSQL and a RESTful API.
Scribble is an online version of the popular game Pictionary. As Django, PostgreSQL and Python were
relatively new technologies to us, my partner and I decided to pair-programme the back-end. On the
front-end, however, we decided to split components between us.
Swell
Week-long | | Group project ( 4 )
HTML5
SCSS
JavaScript
React.js
Node.js
MongoDB
Mapbox
Stormglass
Swell is full-stack MERN application built using HTML5, SCSS, React with React
Hooks, JSON, Express, MongoDB and creation of a RESTful API.
Swell is a website which provides information and advice on the best places to surf globally,
essentially
a "TripAdvisor" for surfing with a social networking element.
My main roles in the group involved building the profile page, rating functionality, admin
authorisation,
edit and delete requests and card design.
Fetch
Two-day | | Paired-programming
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
React.js
TheDogApi
This Hackathon project required us to develop a simple front-end application
which
incorporated a public API in which to make GET requests from.
We chose to use an API which gave us information about different dog breeds. My partner and I took
turns
to either write the code or direct the person programming.
Space Invaders
Week-long | | Solo project
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Space Invaders is a web-based grid-game built using HTML5, CSS3 and Vanilla
JavaScript.
The first project tasked to us by General Assembly was to render a grid-based retro arcade game in the
browser using JavaScript for DOM manipulation.