Alex Harrison

Building Cool Things Daily

About Me

I'm a web developer based out of central/north Jersey with a passion for building efficient & responsive web apps

My background is in building automation software for a dental ceramics manufacturer. I am effective at designing and creating highly functional user-focused applications using the most effective tools for the job

I currently work as a web developer for STI Firestop building internal applications and modernizing the company website

Projects

Reston Lake House

Site designed to sell a lakehouse in Reston, VA.

Tech:

React
Bootstrap
Node/Express
Nodemailer

STIFirestop.com

Website for STI Firestop. Statically generated each time product data changes.

Tech:

Vue/Nuxt
Vuex
PHP/Laravel
Bootstrap
SCSS

TV Exercise Game

Define triggers for various exercise routines while you're watching your favorite shows!

Tech:

Vue/Nuxt
Socket.io
Vuex
Node/Express
Bootstrap
MongoDB

EZ Path Selector

Search for the correct ezpath system for your project. Multi language support.

Tech:

Vue
PHP/Laravel
Bootstrap

Portfolio

The site you're viewing right now! Styled entirely with utility functions from TailwindCSS.

Tech:

Vue/Nuxt
TailwindCSS

SCRIBLR

A site to help you cheat at scrabble. Allows you to keep score & find the best available words given your current letters.

Tech:

Vue
Nuxt
Serverless Functions

Proficiencies

Latest Web Technologies

HTML5

CSS3

Javascript ESNext

Front End JS Frameworks

Vue

React

Nuxt

CSS Utilities

SCSS

Bootstrap

TailwindCSS

Back End Tech

Node + Express

PHP + Laravel

MySQL

MongoDB

Work Experience

Incyte Studios

Software Developer

2021 - Present

Oklahoma City, OK (remote)

Responsibilities

Developed web applications with Vue 3 + Composition API, Typescript, Docker, Hasura, GraphQL, & PostgreSQL stack
Researched & implemented offline-first functionality using URQL Grahcache + PWA
Created automation scripts to generate TS types from GraphQL schema

STI Firestop

Web Developer

2018 - 2021

Branchburg, NJ

Responsibilities

Designed build process and wrote all frontend code for STIFirestop.com redesign using Vue static site generator in order to enhance page speed and SEO
Maintained Firestop Locator React Native app
Built multi-lingual System Selector Tool in Vue so customers can find the appropriate firestop systems for their project
Built full stack Vue/Laravel web portal to replace paper system of tracking all firestop products included in project and generate report including all technical data sheets