Denis Howe
Web Developer at Mendeley
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDenis Howe is a London-based web developer with 15 years of hands-on experience shaping front-end, back-end, and integration work across startups, media, and enterprise teams. He currently builds user-focused web experiences at Mendeley, combining JavaScript, React/Redux, HTML/CSS, REST services, and content management with Adobe AEM. His career spans leadership and technical roles, including Lead Developer at GVC and Editor-in-Chief of the Free Online Dictionary of Computing, reflecting a rare blend of engineering depth and knowledge stewardship. He has engineered Perl game engines, built automated QA tooling at the BBC, and driven knowledge-management web apps at Linklaters, demonstrating versatility across domains. An Imperial College physics graduate, he brings strong analytical thinking and a disciplined approach to delivering reliable software, underpinned by a long-standing commitment to open knowledge through FOLDOC.
15 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (I), Physics, BSc (I), Physics at Imperial CollegeA-levels, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computing, A-levels, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computing at Wallingford School
French, Persian, Chinese
Stackoverflow
2,225reputation
898kreached
44answers
4questions
javascript
top-5%
Github Skills (128)
javascript10
add-on10
css10
editor9
fundamentals9
html9
firefox-addon9
http9
webextension9
web-development9
microsoft9
chrome-extension9
electron9
vscode-extension9
typescript9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
denishowe/townscaper
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Generate random save files for the fabulous Townscaper artform.
Contributions:22 commits, 5 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 7 months
save-filesfabuloustownscaper
denishowe/mood
Jul 2018 - Aug 2024
Mood App Demo
Contributions:14 PRs, 40 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 2 months
demo-appreact
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