Drew Spencer
Senior Software Developer at CoderDojo
South Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDrew Spencer is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading technical teams from South Cambridgeshire. Currently at Formpipe, he blends hands-on engineering with mentorship—as a long-time Code Club champion and school mentor he’s passionate about teaching the next generation of developers. He has deep experience in Java-driven stacks, GWT front-ends and migrations between NoSQL and relational databases, having architected energy management and CRM systems as a former Technical Director. An active open-source contributor, he improved UX and responsive features in the popular gwtbootstrap3 project, extending components and polishing accessibility and usability. Drew is comfortable across the stack and enjoys pragmatic problem-solving, whether shipping backend persistence changes or refining front-end components. His background in both product leadership and classroom teaching gives him a rare combination of technical depth and clear, patient communication.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Information Systems & Management, Computer Science, First Class Honours, BSc Information Systems & Management, Computer Science, First Class Honours at Birkbeck, University of London
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Github Skills (14)
html10
bootstra10
gwt10
bootstrap10
css9
javascript8
ui-design7
interface-design7
user-interface7
compatibility6
internet-explorer6
mvp6
angularjs6
java6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gwtbootstrap3/gwtbootstrap3
Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
GWT wrapper for the Bootstrap front-end framework
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 23 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Drew primarily contributed to improving the user interface of the GWT Bootstrap 3 library. Their work involved extending existing components, adding new features such as badges, responsiveness, and placeholder attributes. They also fixed bugs and refactored code, improving the overall usability and functionality of components like `ValueListBox`, `Anchor`, and `IconTextMixin`. These changes enhanced the library's completeness and user-friendliness.
bootstrap4front-endbootstrapgwtfront-end-framework
slugmandrew/PointOfSale
Apr 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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