Aaron Johnson
Software Developer at Van Meter Inc.
North Liberty, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Johnson is a software developer with 12 years of experience designing and maintaining Java-based web applications and server-side systems, currently building solutions at Van Meter Inc. He has a strong background in Java EE and Spring, deploying to Tomcat and JBoss, and has implemented rich interfaces with JSP tag libraries, jQuery plugins and JavaScript MVC frameworks. At ACT he led e-commerce and microservice work—building Scala/Play services, integrating custom payment gateways and migrating legacy systems into DevOps pipelines—earning recognition for reducing order errors and improving performance. Earlier work at Pearson focused on framework development to enable configurable, reusable deployments across customers. An active contributor to Apache Struts, he has improved the framework’s back-end stability and modernized its components, reflecting a practical balance of legacy modernization and forward-looking tooling. Based in North Liberty, Iowa, he holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Iowa.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
web-framework10
struts10
java10
jasperreports9
dependency-management8
log4j8
testing7
el6
owasp6
internationalization6
secure-coding6
jsf6
ireport6
path-traversal6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
apache/struts
May 2015 - Aug 2017
Apache Struts is a free, open-source, MVC framework for creating elegant, modern Java web applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 5 PRs, 4 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to the back-end aspects of the Apache Struts framework. Their commits focused on modifying core Java files within the `plugins`, `core`, and `jasperreports` modules to incorporate features such as try-with-resources, update dependencies, and refactor logging. The user also made changes to the showcase application, migrating to Bootstrap 3 and addressing build issues. The contributions indicate a focus on improving the framework's stability, maintainability, and compatibility with modern technologies.
javaweb-frameworkapachestruts
swiftelan/tag-library
Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:54 commits, 9 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year 11 months
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