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Antonia Cronin

Hi, I'm a Ruby on Rails, JavaScript and PHP developer with a love of Agile and TDD. A recent graduate of Makers Academy, I have also previously worked as a web developer in commercial, Government and freelance positions.

I am looking for a web or software position where I can contribute to Agile teams, continue to learn new technologies and test-drive development.

Web Portfolio | LinkedIn | Blog

Makers Academy (November 2017 - March 2018)

Project	Description	Languages	Testing	GitHub
Rock, Paper, Scissors	Week 3, test-driven game of Rock, Paper, Scissors	Ruby, Sinatra, CSS	RSpec, Capybara	GitHub
Notes	Week 7 - JavaScript Notes App with testing	Plain JavaScript only - part project/part solo	JavaScript	GitHub
Bleat	Week 8 - Rails clone of Yelp restaurant review site	Ruby on Rails, TDD, project work, GitHub collaboration	RSpec	GitHub
Dinder	Week 11, Final Project learn a new stack and build demo app	MERN stack - MongoDB, Express, Node.js, React.js	Jest	GitHub

• Constant desire to learn about tech: Online learning with SkillCrush, CodeSchool and CareerFoundry.
• Independent learner - I taught myself PHP. Working on my own little game based on a children's book.
• Great collaborator - daily pair-programming, feedback, self-reflection
• TDD - RSpec, Jasmine, Capybara, Jest
• Agile/XP, pair-programming

Technical Experience

Freelance (2015 – Present)
Front End Web / WordPress Developer Hand-code / develop single-page and WordPress sites for local small businesses and charity.

http://dcvi.bitballoon.com/ HTML/CSS/jQuery
http://www.walthamstowtoylibrary.org/ WordPress

Civil Service (October 2016 - June 2017)
Software developer
Java, Cucumber automated testing, Jira, BitBucket

IPC Media (Apr 2008 – Jul 2009)
Web Developer (Southbank) London

• Develop magazine websites (Woman & Home, Living Etc., Marie Claire);
• CSS/HTML, exposure to symfony PHP framework
• Agile/SCRUM environment

WEXAS Travel (2007 – Apr 2008)
Web Developer
Knightsbridge, London

• PHP, CSS, HTML

• Developer on travel websites and company intranet (www.wexas.com, WhiteStarCruises).

• Launch website as part of small team (www.whydontyou.com)

• Liaison for Immediacy (CMS suppliers) and internally for various web/software projects.

• Evenings: Create a friend’s business website, advise on SEO/directory submissions (www.fleurieflowers.com)

Education

Skillcrush September - December 2015

Freelance WordPress Developer

Activities and Societies: MightyBell
Advanced WordPress, advanced custom fields, custom post types, theme customisation, PHP, MySQL, Git, portfolio development

CareerFoundry (March 2015 - Oct 2015)

Full Stack Web Developer
Front End Development, Ruby on Rails

Activities and Societies: Slack community
HTML & CSS, Bootstrap Front End Framework, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, Git Version Control, Heroku, Ruby Programming Language, Ruby on Rails MVC Framework, User Authentication & Authorisation, Stripe Payment Processing, Caching

Spherion Institute (London) (2003-2005 - evenings)

• Diploma in e-Commerce
• A Average
• Linux, programming concepts, web design, web servers, networking

Manchester University (September 1991 - July 1994)

• English lang and Lit
• 2:2

Interests

I have sung in covers bands for the last 15 years and have walked on hot coals for charity!