Graham Brookins

Web Application Developer

Position developing or designing web applications for a company that needs a creative, experienced professional.

Skills

I have a wide range of skills including computing, software and technology.

Skill	Years	Comments
PHP	25	Used daily. High comfort level coding new applications from scratch, or modifying existing applications. Solid understanding of OOP. Experience with methodologies such as MVC and a variety of frameworks. Familiarity with many open source programs and libraries. Experience with e-commerce, enterprise software, content management systems, and web services.
XHTML/CSS	28	Able to create stylish, standards compliant websites. Most comfortable coding by hand.
Javascript/AJAX	15	Experience using Javascript to improve usability and style. Comfortable using the open source Prototype library, among others, DOM manipulation, JSON, and OOP.
Testing	17	High comfort level designing and testing software applications for the web.
SQL	19	Web application oriented knowledge of SQL. Lots of direct experience with MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Oracle and Access databases.
OOP	26	High comfort level designing and developing object oriented applications

Skill	Years	Comments
Apache	16	Comfortable with installation and configuration on most platforms. Basic level of troubleshooting ability.
MySQL	16	Longtime MySQL poweruser
Linux	20	Longtime GNU/Linux and Unix-like operating systems poweruser. Familiar with many desktop and server programs.
Windows	25	Longtime Windows poweruser.
Apple	28	Longtime Apple user.
Flash/Actionscript	5	Used occasionally. Knowledge of the basics.
UML	10	Can read and create at a basic level.
Macromedia Dreamweaver	8	Used for rapid prototyping before I started coding my HTML by hand, about 10 years ago.
Adobe Photoshop	19	Basic knowledge.

Skill	Years	Comments
Perl	16	Primarily used for desktop scripting, cgi programing, regular expressions, experience with perl web applications / frameworks, knowledge of most major concepts.
Ruby	1	Basic knowledge. Some personal experience with Ruby on Rails and WATIR.
C# / .Net	1	Basic knowledge. Some personal experience with C# web applications hosted on GNU/Linux using Apache and mod_mono / mono.
PostgreSQL	8	Basic knowledge. Some personal experience with server installation and configuration

Educated, trained and certified professional in the subject of computer software development.

eZ Systems, eZ Publish Advanced Developer Certification
CompTIA, Network+ Certification
CompTIA, A+ Certification
Bruce Eckel, Thinking in Java, OO Training

Various training courses completed over the years

Learn2Serve, Food Handler Certification
eZ Systems, Creating Certified Extensions for eZ Publish Certification
eZ Systems, eZ Publish Now - Certified Extension Advanced Developer Training in Skien, Norway
eZ Systems, eZ Publish Now - Customization Certification
eZ Systems, eZ Publish Now - Installation Certification
eZ Systems, eZ Publish Now - Developer Training in Austin, TX
eZ Systems, eZ Publish - Certified Developer Certification
eZ Systems, eZ Publish - Developer Basics Certification
eZ Systems, eZ Publish - Advanced Training in Vancouver, Canada
eZ Systems, eZ Publish - Advanced Partner Training in Washington, DC
CompTIA, Network+ Certification
CompTIA, A+ Certification
Bruce Eckel, Thinking in Java, OO Training