Christopher West - PHP, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, MySQL, SQL, Laravel Developer

A little bit about me

My name is Chris and I currently work in the exciting and ever changing industry of software development.
My peers would describe me as an enthusiastic, experienced and focussed Software Developer. I have a solid technical background and started my journey in the world of computers at a young age. I graduated with a BSc Honours in Computing in 2013 and throughout my career, much of my time has been spent building success in both large organizations as well as a number of small startup like businesses, including trying my hand at starting my own online business selling confectionary goods. I have experience in working with a number of powerful technologies, approaches and methodologies and always strive to work to industry best practices using test-first thinking to create maintainable code.

I am actively looking to enhance my career in PHP or C#/.NET web development, so please feel free to contact me on the form below.

Languages: PHP5/7, C#/.Net, MySQL, MSSQL, Twig Templating Engine, jQuery, JQuery Mobile, HTML5, CSS/3, Bootstrap
Methodologies: TDD design approach, SOLID design principles, Integration testing (SpecFlow) proficient in Object Oriented Programming (OOP) practices with a great understanding of database development and design
Technologies: Symfony 3+, Doctrine, PHPUnit, Unit Tests (RhinoMock), WCF web services, RabbitMq, GIT and GIT Flow, Microsoft TFS, oAuth2, VirtualMin, Vagrant, Apache/Nginx/Ubuntu, IIS
Software: PHPStorm, Visual Studio, Eclipse