Ammaar Aslam is a software engineer with four years of hands-on experience building user-centric web and cross-platform applications, currently contributing at a product company in Colombo. Self-taught initially in Python, he pivoted to JavaScript and React and has since expanded into mobile (Flutter), desktop (ElectronJS), cloud deployments, and backend exploration with Golang. He progressed from intern to associate and then to engineering roles where he led technical efforts, shaped system architectures, and helped uplift team practices. An active open-source contributor, he added responsive, reusable components to react-play to help others learn React through practical projects. Balancing industry work with a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Westminster, he treats building projects as his primary vehicle for continuous learning and pragmatic experimentation.
4 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Sri Lankan International School Jeddah
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Westminster
Cambridge AL, Cambridge AL at Platinum Business Academy
react-play is an opensource platform that helps you learn ReactJS faster with hands-on practice model. It is a collection of projects that you can use to learn ReactJS.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:23 reviews, 77 commits, 14 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ammaar primarily contributed to the development of the React Gradients and ImageCarousel plays within the ReactPlay platform. Their initial commits focused on setting up the basic structure of the React Gradients play, creating a component for gradients, and mapping each gradient. They also added mobile responsiveness and copy features. Further commits included the addition of a basic header and footer.
Contributions:67 commits, 9 PRs, 22 pushes in 24 days
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