Daryl Hedley
Product Engineer at Kwantic.co
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDaryl Hedley is a product-focused engineer and leader with over a decade of experience building and shipping education technology, including co-founding Appitierre where he helped create Evolve, an interactive content authoring tool used by thousands. He blends hands-on front-end and full-stack development—contributing notable UI work to the widely used Adapt Learning framework and authoring tool—with strategic leadership experience as VP of Engineering across startups and enterprise teams. Comfortable managing distributed teams, he repeatedly turns product vision into delivery while improving developer workflows and UX. Based in the Greater Brighton area, Daryl pairs technical craftsmanship in JavaScript, Handlebars and responsive UI design with a knack for building cohesive engineering cultures. An educator-turned-architect, he brings a pragmatic, user-centered mindset rooted in classroom and open-source experience.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of Brighton
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
handlebars10
css10
adaptor10
front-end-development10
adapter10
html10
adaptation10
back-end-development9
user-interface9
ui-design9
interface-design9
responsive-design9
build-tools8
bower7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
adaptlearning/adapt_authoring
Nov 2013 - Nov 2015
A server-based user interface for authoring eLearning courses using the Adapt framework.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:419 commits, 56 PRs, 96 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Daryl primarily worked on implementing and improving the user interface for the Adapt authoring tool, using JavaScript and Handlebars. They were involved in updating various views, including the login, dashboard, and page editor, by adding features such as a component list. The commits demonstrate a focus on creating new components, styling the interface, and refining the user's workflow, suggesting a heavy focus on the front-end. Additionally, the user was responsible for integrating a new styling library as well as implementing the functionality to pull down the latest builder and framework updates.
user-interfacereactjavascriptexpressauthoring
adaptlearning/adapt_framework
Nov 2013 - Jun 2015
A toolkit for creating responsive, accessible, multilanguage HTML5 e-learning courses.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 174 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Daryl primarily contributed to the front-end of the project, making changes to various JavaScript files, Handlebars templates, and CSS. Their work focused on implementing new UI components, particularly the "drawer" functionality and its associated views, which included implementing features such as a back button and custom views. They also updated the navigation and question views, fixing bugs and enhancing overall user experience within the e-learning framework.
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