Ben Major
Founder at Kolekto
Boston, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Major is a founder and full-stack web developer with 14 years of experience building web products and a strong advocacy for open source. Based in Boston, UK, he blends PHP backend expertise (Slim, RedBean) with modern front-end work in React and has a track record leading teams and projects from his long tenure at agencies through product roles. He founded Kolekto after several years as Lead Web Developer and Full Stack Developer, bringing practical startup experience to his current venture. An active open-source contributor, he maintains mobile-friendly UI libraries such as the jQuery-Touch-Events plugin, reflecting a focus on usable, cross-device interfaces. His background in Internet Computing and Software Engineering from the University of Lincoln underpins a pragmatic approach to architecture, shipping incremental improvements and maintainable code. Notably, he pairs deep PHP familiarity with front-end touch-event design, a combination that helps bridge legacy stacks with modern UX.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Internet Computing and Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Internet Computing and Software Engineering at University of Lincoln
English, French, German, Polish
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Github Skills (32)
javascript10
jquery10
css10
iframe10
php10
front-end-development10
html10
mobile-ui10
touch-event10
mysql9
image9
jquery-mobile9
twitter-bootstrap9
ajax9
json9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
benmajor/jQuery-Touch-Events
May 2012 - Nov 2020
A collection of mobile event plugins for jQuery.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 243 commits, 21 PRs in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the development of a collection of mobile event plugins for jQuery, focusing on the implementation and maintenance of UI event handlers. Their work involved adding and modifying JavaScript files, including both full source and minified versions, to provide various touch-based events like tap, swipe, and double tap. The contributions indicate a focus on creating a robust library of mobile-friendly event listeners, suggesting a front-end developer role.
jquerymobilejquery-touch-eventstap-eventstouch-devices
benmajor/ExchangeRatesAPI
Jan 2019 - May 2022
An unofficial SDK for the ExchangeRatesAPI.
Contributions:13 releases, 18 commits, 10 PRs in 3 years 3 months
apiexchangecurrency-convertersdkpayment-processing
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