ERIC GIVENS

a.k.a darthzippy

PROFILE: Ruby on Rails developer, web designer, HTML5 enthusiast, Apple evangelist, Wordpress coder, videographer and classical guitarist. Seeking a position as a Ruby on Rails programmer/developer. Eager and able to learn and utilize new technology.

PORTFOLIO

CET Apps

Web application written in Ruby on Rails for use by the Center for Educational Technology (CET) at Gordon College. Used for computer inventory, software licensing for 1600 students, student employee time tracking & sales of DVD media.

Originally written in Rails 1.x, upgraded to Rails 2.x and completely rewritten in Rails 3.1 (Summer 2011)

FEATURES

LDAP authentication through Active Authentication plugin in Rails 1 and 2, and the Devise gem in Rails 3
PDF and CSV exporting of computer inventory lists, both for pre-compiles lists, and ad-hoc lists created by advanced searches

www.skyasylum.com

Website for a Boston-based indie film company (of which I am also a part). Hand-coded HTML and CSS with a dash of JQuery. Responsible for site design and construction, as well as securing the domain name and hosting.

www.skyasylum.com

blogs.gordon.edu

The home of blogging at Gordon College. Responsible for administering Wordpress MU site (hosted though EduBlogs), custom theme development, as well as collaborating on and coding site design.

blogs.gordon.edu

Media Release Database

Ruby on Rails site developed to track media release forms for all speakers and events.

SKILLS

Ruby on Rails - ver. 2.x - 3.1
Rake scripting
Capistrano deployment
RVM
MySQL
Phusion Passenger

HTML5
CSS3
JQuery
HAML
SASS & Compass

Wordpress
git & GitHub
Mac OSX
Apache
nginx