Alvin Alexander
Senior Technical Writer at Valley Programming
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Top SchoolAlvin Alexander is a senior technical writer and seasoned Java/backend developer with 14+ years of experience creating high-impact developer content and tools from Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of multiple O’Reilly and independently published books, including the best-selling Functional Programming, Simplified and two editions of the Scala Cookbook, and has written over 8,000 tutorials that attract millions of annual page views. A former founder and software consultant who built and sold a services company, he blends hands-on engineering—having created 40+ small apps and worked across Java, Scala, Kotlin, and Flutter—with product leadership in agile environments. Alvin’s work frequently bridges deep technical detail and practical examples (he wrote much of the official Scala 3 documentation), and he’s begun pairing his long-form writing with video and interactive exercises to broaden learning formats.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Github Skills (83)
parser10
access-log10
scala10
documentation10
dotty10
scala-native9
windows9
remote-actors9
ios9
desktop9
log-parser9
logging9
rocket9
cross-platform9
java9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alvinj/MultiPatternFileFind
Sep 2019 - Feb 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
alvinj/Hyde2
Nov 2014 - Feb 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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