Chris Berthe
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Berthe is a multidisciplinary artist-turned-software engineer with 14 years of experience blending UX-driven front-end engineering and maintainable back-end work. Born in Montreal and raised in Paris, he brings an international design sensibility to developer roles, including senior and managerial positions at Shopify and current work at Pixel Union within the Shopify ecosystem. He ships pragmatic theme tooling and accessibility improvements (notably contributing to Shopify's Slate) while also improving code clarity across major open-source projects like Laravel through meticulous grammar and quality fixes. Comfortable across the stack, Chris focuses on ease of use, long-term maintainability, and collaborative open-source contributions that merge creative intent with robust engineering.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, International Baccalaureate, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine ManuelBachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Computation Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Computation Arts at Concordia University
English, French
Github Skills (26)
application-framework10
debug10
javascript10
wordpress-themes10
shopify10
laravel-mix10
app-framework10
laravel10
php10
liquid10
web-framework10
wp-theme10
code-readability10
query-building9
query-builder9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/slate
Apr 2016 - Apr 2019
Slate is a toolkit for developing Shopify themes. It's designed to assist your workflow and speed up the process of developing, testing, and deploying themes.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:98 commits, 43 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily worked on improving the codebase for Shopify themes, as indicated by the repository's description and topics. Their contributions included renaming files, adding functionality for building sections, and fixing related bugs. They also reorganized templates, added accessibility fixes, and addressed issues related to currency formatting and social sharing, suggesting a focus on both front-end and back-end aspects of the theme development process.
deployingworkflowdevelopingspeedslate
laravel/laravel
Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation for your next big idea — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 29 days
Contributions summary:Chris's commits primarily focus on grammar and vocabulary fixes within the Laravel framework code, suggesting a role in maintaining code quality and readability. They are responsible for correcting grammatical errors, typos, and inconsistencies across multiple files, including database query building, bundle management, database schema generation, and routing mechanisms. These revisions demonstrate an attention to detail and commitment to improving the overall clarity and professionalism of the codebase.
phpweb-applicationframeworkexpressiveweb-application-framework
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