Alexander Dickson
Technical Lead at Baton Corporation
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlexander Dickson is a Technical Lead and front-end specialist with 15 years of experience building accessible, high-performance web experiences for companies from Meta and Shopify to startups and automotive teams. He blends deep JavaScript and React expertise with practical back-end skills in Node and Python, and a long-standing commitment to web accessibility that prioritizes inclusive user journeys. A pragmatic leader and early-stage builder, he co-founded and scaled product engineering at Baton before stepping into his current technical lead role. His open-source work includes a practical jQuery plugin for image-loading events, reflecting a focus on reliable, developer-friendly tooling as well as shipping polished user interfaces. Based in London, he brings both enterprise-grade engineering discipline and startup grit to complex front-end problems.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Business and Information Communication Technology, Business and Information Communication Technology at University of the Sunshine Coast
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Github Skills (165)
jquery-plugin10
datetime10
onclick10
jquery-mobile10
htaccess10
http10
loops10
security10
if-statement10
chmod10
file-upload10
mkdir10
while-loop10
datetime-format10
css-shapes10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
alexanderdickson/waitForImages
Feb 2011 - Feb 2018
A jQuery plugin that lets you attach callbacks to useful image loading events.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:95 commits, 11 PRs, 28 pushes in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the development of a jQuery plugin, focusing on the implementation and refinement of its core functionality. Their work involved adding features, such as callback functions for image loading events, and improving flexibility through the addition of parameters. They also addressed code issues, tested the plugin's behavior, and modified documentation, with the aim of improving its reliability and ease of use.
callbackimage-loadingjquery-plugin
alexanderdickson/Chip-8-Emulator
Sep 2012 - May 2022
A Chip-8 Emulator
Contributions:19 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 9 years 10 months
chip8emulator
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