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Benjamin Holden

Front End Engineer
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About me

Former military and instructor. I joined Turing to create great software. As a veteran, I understand the need for software that can be used over a very large network in a company. I hold a security clearance that will enable me to work on government contracted jobs that requires a clearance of up to TS/SCI. I have Researched and implemented a variety of Technologies into my projects from Turing.

Preferred locations

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

Previous industries

  • Defense & Space

Skills

  • Chai
  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • Express
  • GraphQL
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Mocha
  • React
  • TypeScript

Currently learning

  • C#

Projects

Rhythm and Rizz

Rhythm and Rizz

Project scope time 15 hours
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Tools Used

  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • Express
  • GitHub
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • React

Rhythm and Rizz: This project allows the user to add poems to a simple backend server that uses express.js. This project was focused on building a backend api that has an endpoint for get requests and post requests. The backend was made with JavaScript.

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Solar Sense

Solar Sense

Project scope time 15 hours
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Tools Used

  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • GitHub
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • TypeScript

Solar Sense: This project uses an external API and shows the weather of a selected location. Users can search for any location to get real time weather info like current temp and conditions, a three day forecast with chance of rain/snow, sunrise/sunset, and details for each hour of each day. This can be saved to the Users session storage so the data will persist on their machine and is also able to be deleted from the saved page or the location page. This app is made with TypeScript.

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Fictional Feud Frenzy

Fictional Feud Frenzy

Project scope time 15 hours
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Tools Used

  • CSS3
  • Cypress
  • GitHub
  • GraphQL
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • Rails
  • React
  • Ruby

Fictional Feud Frenzy: This project has a frontend (React/JS) and backend (Ruby) repository that uses GraphQL to make network requests back and forth. This app also uses an AI generator to depict a battle between characters of your choice. There are filter and sort features on the characters page and dynamic CSS styling so the game can be played on both a mobile screen size and a wide computer view. This game can also be played by the visually impaired with a screen reader for added inclusivity.

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