Entrepreneurial and enthousiastic JavaScript Developer based in Utrecht (NL). Specializes in Node.JS and modern front end (ES2015, ReactJS). Always looking for new challenging freelance work and particularly interested in creating innovative web apps with the latest technologies.
You can find me on Github, LinkedIn and Twitter. Or send me an email.
Skills
Languages:
JavaScript (ES2015), HTML5, CSS3
Frameworks:
Node.JS, Express, Loopback, React.JS, Redux, jQuery
Tooling & Testing:
Chai, Mocha, Tape, Webpack, Grunt, Babel, Jest, Flow
General:
MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Git, Visual Studio Code, Bash, Unix, Progressive Web Apps, Accessibility
Writing
- Generating a PDF with Express & Node.JS: A fun little Node tutorial on how to generate PDF's from a web form and how to deploy this using Now. Appeared in Node Weekly on November 10th, 2016. Source code [2016]
- API Testing with Jest: Jest is a great JavaScript testing framework by Facebook. It’s often used for testing React components, but it’s also a pretty good general purpose testing framework. Appeared in Hackernoon on Feb. 6th, 2017. [2017]
Javascript Labs
- Shortcut Trainer: Quickly learn the 10 most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for the translation CAT tool MemoQ. Short weekend project using React. Source code. [2016]
- LaTeX Letters: Creating beautiful PDF letters using LaTeX in a Docker container on a server. Source code. [2016]
- @altijdfiles: a Twitter bot that creates daily timelapse videos of the traffic jams in The Netherlands. Source code. [2016]
- Term Search: A Terminology Search Engine for translators. Currently only German-Dutch terminology. Work in progress. Technologies: NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, Loopback, ReactJS. Source code. [2016]
- @helpTerence: a Twitter bot raising emoji money for his trip around the world. Experiment with social media and Twitter bots. Technologies: Express, MongoDB. Source code. [2016]
- Word to Line Prices: a very simple web app for translators that converts a price per word to a price per standard line (55 characters). First project using React.JS. [2016]
- Words2Lines: A very simple web app for translators that converts a number of words into lines (and vice versa). [2014]
- costAnalysis: An app for freelance translators to get an idea of the amount of work involved in a translation (hours) and what they should be charging their clients. [2014]
- @OverheidEdits: a Twitter bot inspired by @congressedits that monitors and Tweets any edits made to Wikipedia by the Dutch government. It currently has over 1200 followers. [2013]
- Starfield: I once wrote this program in assembly, but this time I wanted to do it in Javascript. [2013]
- Dawkins' Trees: for this web app I've tried to recreate (in part) the program Richard Dawkins describes in his book The Blind Watchmaker. [2013]
Education
- M.A. in Philosophy, Utrecht University (cum laude)
- Minor in Computational Science, Utrecht University.
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Elsewhere
I also run a successful translation business with clients such as Audi, SMA Solar Technology, XING, Deutsche Bahn and many more.