My Expertise

David is a 2017 graduate of Dev Bootcamp in New York City, where he was immersered in FullStack Web Development. At Dev Bootcamp, David crafted an art and appreciation for not only making things look pretty on the front-end but diving deep into the back-end to set-up databases properly. Before Dev Bootcamp, David's career focused on the client-side at various SaaS companies, where he gained invaluable customer service skills and technical insights. David holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from College of Charleston and a Web Development Certification from Dev Bootcamp.

The Nitty Gritty

Featured Projects

React GitHub Battle

Featured Skills

React application built from the 'React Fundamentals' course by Tyler McGinnis and hosted with Firebase. This React application has two main features: A "React Battle" where a user can battle their friends and a feature that displays the most popular pages on GitHub and broken down by language. Both features rely on data provided by the GitHub API.

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RecipeMe

Featured Skills

Monolithic Ruby-on-Rails recipe management application. Users can view all recipes submitted by registered users. Secure login/sign-up with the Ruby Gem 'Devise'. Following RESTful practices, registered users can create, edit, delete their own recipes, and rate recipes submitted by other users. Database set up using ActiveRecord and PostgreSQL. Styling done with Materialize.

Source code

weatherMeNOW

Featured Skills

Ruby application built with the Sinatra framework that uses the Weather Underground API to allow users to search by city and state to receive weather results. Results are displayed dynamically using jQuery and AJAX. Secure login/sign-up with the Ruby Gem 'BCrypt'. Lightly styled with Bootstrap. Plan to implement additional features and styling.