jwilferd10 / portfolioforge

A portfolio generator for developers and professionals, powered by Inquirer. Easily showcase your skills, highlight your projects, and get a ready-to-use web profile or a developer-friendly baseline.

👋 Hey there, I'm Jonathan.

💭 About Me:

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." - Marcus Aurelius

I'm an avid gamer with a relentless drive to improve my creative prowess. It was this passion for gaming and technology that set me on a course into the world of programming.

In 2020, I took a significant step forward by enrolling in UCLA's Coding Bootcamp. By 2021, I proudly finished the cohort specialized and armed with a solid foundation in Full Stack development.

Since then, I've remained unwavering in my commitment to self-improvement, continuously enhancing my skills through:

• Udemy Courses
• Self-Study (Personal Projects, freeCodeCamp, etc)
• Seizing Freelancing Opportunities.

Currently I've created over a dozen projects, I strive for Open Source. Check out my repositories!

🎮 Gaming as a Foundation:

My gaming experiences have cultivated a distinct perspective on problem-solving; it's similar to tackling intricate puzzles in games like Portal. I'm confident that persistence yields the desired outcomes. This skill has integrated into my programming practices, for which I'm immensely grateful.

📈 I've got two ambitions:

1. Software Developer: I aspire to be a professional software developer. The goal is to work for a forward-thinking company, working towards a more interactive and dynamic digital environment.

2. Game Developer: I aspire to craft captivating video games that people can immerse themselves in and enjoy.

🧰 Languages and Tech:

📝 Currently Learning:

📚 GitHub Statistics

portfolioforge's Issues

Potential Update: Social Media Buttons

Using Inquirer

Ask users if they'd like to include Social Media links, then:

• Ask users if they want to provide a link to:
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Facebook

Capture user input

• Capture user input with command-line arguments

To-Do: Create a Contact Me section

• Fundamental part of any portfolio, necessary update

Generate the HTML file

• Build HTML template
• Generate HTML file

Reboot Project

Update app to newest version of inquirer

This implies changing the inclusion of inquirer to use pure ESM

To-Do: Add Hamburger for Mobile Version

Error With Dependencies

Current version of Inquirer is set to an older version: "inquirer": "^7.3.3"

Likely creating issues for running node app.js.

Generate entire website

• Output the HTML template to a file

To-Do: Update Generated HTML

• Update HTML template to utilize semantic html

Create Project Preview

Refactor Codebase

Expected Update:

With the bulk of PortfolioForge complete, this is an opportune time to refactor the code.

To-Do: Update Template Design

• Remove circled buttons from the social media links
• Miscellaneous visual updates

Adjust Theme Colors

Adjustments

• Go through each CSS Template and adjust the style

Potential Update: Choosing Color Palette

Utilize an inquirer prompt to collects user preference and change up the color themes that will be applied to the HTML

Refactor Inquirer Prompts

• Provide a console.log title for promptUser
• Add more uniformity to prompts
• Add helpful notes

Refactor Existing Prompts

Update: Ensure Mobile Scaling

Improve html performance for smaller screens

Potential Update: Emojis

Using Inquirer

• Ask a user if they want to include emoji's in their header.
  • Include or exclude emojis based on response

Modify the HTML template to handle more data

• Expand the HTML template to account for more profile data
• Modify the HTML template to account for multiple projects

Create a README

Prompt user for more input

Profile questions

• Name
• GitHub account name
• About me

Project questions

• Project name
• Project description
• Programming Languages
• Project link

Implement New Portfolio Topics

• Skills and Expertise
• Work Experience
• Education
• Certificates and Achievements

Potential Update: Separate Programming References

Ask if a user is a programmer

• If user is not, exclude programmer related inquiries.
• If user is not, allow projects to highlight work experiences instead.

Re-Design Stylesheet