Python Test Engineer¶

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:

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

Volounteering¶

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

Outside interests¶

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