Aaron Young


Software Engineer

Board Game Enthusiast

Portfolio


About


Hi, I'm Aaron a software engineer with experience in JavaScript, React, Ruby on Rails and Node.js. I also have a background in systems administration. From a child as early as 5th grade I have always demonstrated a love for all things computer related. I began repairing computers for my friends starting in 7th grade.

My journey to where I am today began in High School where I learned Visual Basic 5 in 10th-grade computer class. In 12th grade, I was given the opportunity to take and pass the Computer Science AP course. In college, I continued to take computer-related courses. After college, I went out to acquire industry certifications in Microsoft operating systems. From there I landed the job that I held for 15 years.

Today I'm continuing my journey, leaving systems administration behind and moving forward having expanded my horizons with more tools recently while attending App Academy. I am looking forward to joining a firm where I can roll up my sleeves and get cracking on making the firm a better one.

Skills


AWS

Babel

CSS 3

Express

Git

Heroku

HTML5

JavaScript

Mocha

MySQL

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Ruby on Rails

React

Ruby

Sequelize

WeMeet


WeMeet is a Single Page Application inspired by meetup.com. I created a RESTful API using a Ruby on Rails backend. The front end was built with React and Redux.

Record Conjurer


Handcrafted custom ORM inspired by Ruby on Rails' Active Record. It uses metaprogramming techniques to allow for dynamic helper functions allowing for DRYer code.

Blend Gas and Save


An in-progress Android app to calculate the savings if one was to blend the mid-tier gas. Devloped using React Native, Expo, Redux, and SQLite