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Tiala Young

Front End Engineer
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About me

My passion for creative thinking and continuous learning led me to software engineering. With a background that combines analytical and design-thinking approaches, I enjoy solving complex problems while delivering intuitive and accessible designs. Though I am a Front-End developer (specializing in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and CSS), I have experience with back-end technologies such as PostgreSQL and GraphQL. I am currently learning and playing around with Python!

Preferred locations

  • Boulder, CO
  • Denver, CO
Open to other locations and/or remote work

Previous industries

  • Apparel & Fashion
  • Logistics and Supply Chain

Skills

  • Accessibility
  • Chai
  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • Express
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GraphQL
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Mocha
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • React
  • Redux
  • TypeScript

Currently learning

  • Python

Projects

BookHaven

BookHaven

Project scope time 65 hours
Collaborators

Tools Used

  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Projects
  • Miro
  • React
  • Redux
  • Slack
  • TypeScript

Group project by a 6-person full-stack team, completed over 2 weeks.

A mobile-friendly web app providing an interactive inventory management system for Little Free Libraries in the Denver Metro area. This project was designed and developed using an Agile workflow, continuous integration, and project management tools including GitHub Projects, Miro, and Slack.

I worked with one other Developer to code and test the front-end, building a React + TypeScript + Redux app to increase my knowledge of global state management and strong type-checking.

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Park Passport

Park Passport

Project scope time 35 hours
Collaborators

Tools Used

  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • JavaScript
  • React

Solo project serving a niche audience. Designed, implemented, and tested over 35 hours.

Are you a goal-oriented outdoor adventurer? The Park Passport app helps people like you track how many US National Parks they have visited. Users can browse the parks list in a pleasing UI, collect badges for parks already visited, and see a live-updating display of their "Percent Visited" statistic. Using the National Park Service and Google Maps APIs, the website provides additional information for each park to inspire and assist with planning future trips.

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Pet Furriendly

Pet Furriendly

Project scope time 30 hours
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Tools Used

  • CSS3
  • Express
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • React

Full-stack project completed over 30+ hours. "Stretch" project to introduce 4 Front-end Devs to backend technologies via creating a PostgreSQL database, building an Express server, and deploying for API requests from the customized and tested React app.

Pet Furriendly is a user-friendly application that helps pet owners in Colorado find nearby pet-friendly locations to visit with their furry friends. With just a few clicks, users can search by city and access detailed information about each place. Because if you're there, your pets should be there too!

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Adventure Awaits

Adventure Awaits

Project scope time 20 hours
Collaborators

Tools Used

  • Chai
  • CSS3
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Mocha
  • Webpack

Solo project to further my experience with object-oriented programming, test driven development, and async network requests while creating an accessible user interface.

Travel Tracker is a web application for managing and tracking different travel plans. Upon logging in, the user is able to review their past and upcoming trip details, and submit new trip booking requests to an anonymous travel agent. With server data included for 50 users, 50 destinations, and over 200 historical trips, the app seamlessly validates and makes network requests for any traveler. Let's book a trip!

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