Philip Knerr can contribute the following skills to your project:
Software Development
Modern software architecture, including:
- Asynchronous programming.
- Object-oriented programming (OOP).
- Model-view-controller (MVC) frameworks.
- Object relationship management (ORM).
Computer science fundamentals, including:
- Data structures.
- Algorithms.
- Operating systems.
- Modeling and simulation.
- Computer networking.
- Software reliability.
- Computer hardware fundamentals.
Programming using a variety of languages and platforms, including:
- Ada.
- Assembly language.
- Bash (shell) scripting for Linux/Unix.
- BASIC.
- C and C++.
- COBOL.
- ColdFusion.
- Java.
- JavaScript.
- JCL.
- Pascal.
- PHP.
- Ruby on Rails (RoR), including RubyGems.
- Scheme (which is based on Lisp).
- Twilio, an advanced telephony platform facilitating both voice and SMS communication.
Data management, including:
- Building relational databases, including those based on PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Querying databases using performant SQL, including complex SQL queries.
- Data schema design.
Testing software to achieve quality assurance (QA), including:
- Writing unit tests.
- Using bug tracking systems.
Leveraging developer tools, including:
- Revision control systems, including Git and Subversion (svn).
- Source code repository hosting services, including GitHub and Bitbucket.
- Integrated development environments (IDE’s), including Eclipse and PhpStorm.
- The Linux/Unix command line.
Developing through the full project life cycle, including:
- Gathering requirements.
- Developing greenfield projects.
- Adding features to existing software.
- Testing software.
- Launching software.
- Finding and resolving bugs.
- Maintaining existing software.
- Documenting software, balancing the need to inform other developers with the need to conserve time.
Web Development
Modern PHP development, including:
- PHP 7 and PHP 8.
- Laravel, a framework (which is based on Symfony, another framework).
- Zend Framework.
- Custom frameworks; I can usually decipher one that is already in use.
- Composer, a package management system.
- Smarty, a templating system.
- PHPUnit, a unit testing framework.
- phpDocumentor, a utility for documenting code efficiently.
- WordPress, a CMS, which you’re reading an example of right now.
- Drupal, another content management system.
Modern JavaScript development, including:
- Modern methodologies and frameworks such as Vue.js and Ext JS.
- Tried and true techniques such as jQuery and jQuery UI.
- Package management using npm and Bower.
Integrating with external systems via API’s, including:
- Applying REST methodologies.
- Querying API’s via AJAX, SOAP, and HTTP requests.
- Processing data in both the JSON and XML formats.
- Postman, a utility for testing API’s.
- Social media integration, including the Facebook and Twitter API’s.
Building modern front ends, including:
- CSS, a language for defining the look and feel of a website.
- Less, an improved way to write CSS code.
- Sass, another improved way to write CSS code.
- HTML5, a language for defining the structure of a website.
- Bootstrap, a front end framework.
- Jekyll, a preprocessor for blogs and static HTML pages.
- Modern build processes, including Laravel Mix, webpack, and Gulp.js.
- Responsive techniques for building websites that work on both desktop and mobile devices.
Implementing E-commerce websites and solutions, including:
- Integration with payment card processing services, including Authorize.Net and CyberSource.
- Magento, an e-commerce solution based on Zend Framework.
System administration and DevOps, including:
- Managing Linux/Unix servers.
- Managing AWS EC2 instances (virtual servers) hosted at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Managing web servers, including Apache HTTP Server.
Understanding legacy systems, including:
- Kohana, another framework for PHP.
- Vanilla PHP.
- Vanilla JavaScript.
- Mainframe environments.
Personal Characteristics
Being a team player, including:
- Interfacing well with others, including technical, business, and creative contacts.
- Team leadership experience.
- Leveraging collaboration tools, including Slack and Trello.
Communication skills, including:
- Technical writing to express computer-related concepts in a way that all stakeholders can understand.
- Clearly and accurately communicating in the English language, both orally and in writing.
- Reading, writing, and speaking Español (Spanish) at an intermediate level.
- Reading, writing, and speaking Français (French) at an intermediate level.
First-hand knowledge of a wide variety of industries, including:
- Art.
- Bricks & mortar retail.
- E-commerce.
- Education.
- Food.
- Human services.
- Insurance & financial services.
- Legal.
- Music.
- Technology.
- Transportation.