Chris Jones
Principal Software Engineer at brack3t oreillymedia
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
Summary
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RockstarChris Jones is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience, currently applying his full-stack and backend expertise at O'Reilly Media from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He blends hands-on UI enhancements and backend integrations—demonstrated across notable open-source projects like GeoNode, django-admin2, and django-braces—bringing commenting, rating, social integrations, and Django REST improvements to production-ready platforms. Chris is comfortable across the stack, having implemented frontend JavaScript integrations and server-side context processors as well as core Django views, mixins, and logging features. He has a track record of improving developer experience and code quality through documentation, PEP8 compliance, and release maintenance. Colleagues rely on him to turn feature ideas into robust, maintainable implementations that both users and developers appreciate. An under-the-radar strength is his knack for bridging community-driven open-source contributions with pragmatic product needs.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (19)
python10
back-end-development10
django10
ui-customization10
multiview10
customisation10
customizing10
template-tags10
javascript9
rest-framework9
css9
front-end-development9
documentation9
html9
pep8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
brack3t/django-braces
Mar 2012 - Nov 2021
Reusable, generic mixins for Django
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 196 commits, 15 PRs in 9 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the `django-braces` repository by implementing and documenting mixins for Django class-based views. They added new features such as `SelectRelatedMixin` and `PermissionsRequiredMixin` and updated the documentation to reflect these additions. Furthermore, the user bumped the version number, demonstrating their role in project maintenance and release management. They also provided fixes, updates, and documentation to increase usability.
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GeoNode/geonode
Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 12 days
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on enhancing the GeoNode's user interface and functionality. They integrated the `dialogos` and `agon_ratings` applications, adding commenting and rating features to both map and layer detail pages. Furthermore, the user implemented styling improvements and added social media integration (Facebook and Google Plus buttons) to enhance user engagement. They also added the required Javascript libraries, and added a request context processor, and made several adjustments to settings files and templates.
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