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onlyasmalllizard/README.md

Lizard Morrow

Yes, like the reptile 🦎

Contents

  1. My Journey into Tech
  2. Project Details

My Journey into Tech

I realised I couldn't have the artistic freedom or a work schedule that would enable me to attend concerts working in the arts, so I changed careers to become an administrator for University of Birmingham. I felt unchallenged in this role and explored the world of tech by learning to code and taking a course on cybersecurity from Open University. I built a website for a local business, Vulcan Bicycle Works, joined Junior Developer Group, and volunteered for Scottish Tech Army. I then attended School of Code.

Project Details

School of Code

I trained at School of Code, a 16-week intensive coding bootcamp. In addition to 1 two-day hackathon and 12 one-day hackathons, I worked on the following projects in teams of four.

Demeter Student Dashboard

A teacher dashboard that takes in and displays data on SoC student progress, enabling coaches to easily identify students who need additional support.

Deployed versions
Frontend
Backend

Code bases
Frontend repository
Backend repository

Swifter Flights

An emergency flight-booking app that reduces the cognitive load of searching for flights for users who need to get to their destination as soon as possible.

Deployed versions
Please note that the access key to the OAG Flights Info API was for a fixed time period and has since been revoked.
Frontend
Backend

Code bases
Frontend repository
Backend repository

Scottish Tech Army

Website improvements for Black Professionals Scotland

Working in WordPress, implemented solutions for Black Professionals Scotland’s event display and highlighting of sponsor-placed ads that would be maintainable after their contract with Scottish Tech Army ended.
Live site

CSS Support for Tech for Good Summit 2021 website

Working on the HeySummit platform, provided CSS support and advice to the lead developer on the project, which allowed us to meet the design requirements of the event on an inflexible platform.

Junior Developer Group

Junior Developer Group is a community for junior developers to build open-source projects together in an Agile way.

Sleep Quality Calculator

I served as project lead on this project, which involved:

  • Considering how each member could best contribute and assigning tasks to members based on the skills they wanted to develop, their current skill level, and the needs of the project
  • Setting an approach for the project that reduced the work needed to make the website mobile-responsive and ensuring team members understood the requirements
  • Reviewing code and providing clear, actionable feedback

My individual code contributions include:

  • Reviewing the website's score in Google Lighthouse and implementing the changes needed to meet a minimum of 90 points in all categories
  • Implementation of calculator section
  • Research of additional resources and the implementation of that section
  • Creating CSS-drawn clouds and enabling their reusability by writing clear documentation

Live site
Code

Team Page v2

I contributed to this project by creating a mobile-responsive implementation of the "Get Involved" section.

Live site
Code

Cat Match

I contributed to this project by creating an accessible modal that listed license information for all resources used.

Code

Team Page v1

My individual contributions include:

  • Designing the team's logo, taking into account its appearance at small sizes and on both light and dark background colours
  • Implementing the Thank You page, which dynamically generates cards based on an array of data
  • Creating a semantic and mobile-responsive structure for the footer

Live site
Code

Vulcan Bicycle Works

Working in WordPress, built a responsive, easy-to-navigate custom theme for Birmingham Bike Foundry's new initiative using a distinct design that maintained a visual connection to their main site.
Live site

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