Jacob Herper

- Integrated front-end applications with back-end microservices (mostly RESTful APIs, but also GraphQL) - Given opportunity to build own squad focusing on solutions for the contact centre teams across the UK, Benelux and South Africa - Involved in hiring and onboarding six engineers of varying seniority - Reduced complexity for contact centre staff by building a one-stop solution to manage customer accounts end-to-end - Demised multiple third-party enterprise solutions, saving the company £1m+ annually

• Managed two developers (front-end and back-end) in the development of our application based on Angular (JavaScript) and Laravel (PHP) • Built a web app to revolutionise the real estate sector in Germany • Developed Immovato from the first concept sketches to release of MVP

• Development of web applications using React, JavaScript, GraphQL and Sass as part of an agile team • Optimisation of performance and accessibility, improvements of developer experience • Mentoring and advice for junior engineers, strengthened team collaboration through pair programming

• Developed React web applications with Next.js, Gatsby, GraphQL, Styled-Components and TypeScript. Took full ownership of projects from concept to release including QA and UAT • WordPress as a headless CMS using GraphQL and REST API's • Developed B2B web applications with vanilla JavaScript (ES5 & ES6) for Fortune 500 clients

• Development of web applications for medium-sized businesses using JavaScript, React, PHP, Sass, HTML5, WordPress, Drupal and other CMS and e-commerce solutions • Design of digital assets and print products • Management of freelance/contract engineers for international projects • Search engine optimisation

• Tech lead in design and development of new website following brand guidelines based on WordPress, PHP, HTML5, CSS and JavaScript • Orchestrated web development work between London and Atlanta offices • Collaborated with teams in Beijing, Dublin and New York offices to develop international sites • Developed a PWA using React for an event with 250 attendees

• Design and development of product websites and e-commerce solutions using WordPress and JTL • Design of print files for marketing materials, product packaging and brochures with InDesign and Illustrator • Design and execution of trade shows in the EMEA and APAC regions

• Launch of UK branch of ASA Europe • Market research and legal compliance analysis for the trade of tobacco products in the United Kingdom • Meetings with UK Trade & Investment and HMRC to explore importing of restricted goods • Built retail business to become highest-grossing of its kind in the UK within 12 months

This course serves as an introduction to modern web application development with JavaScript. The main focus is on building single page applications with ReactJS that use REST APIs built with Node.js. The course also contains a section on GraphQL, a modern alternative to REST APIs.

React.js, Redux