Edgar Hipp
Business Owner at Coding Puffin
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolEdgar Hipp is a Paris-based web entrepreneur and business owner with 13 years of hands-on experience building web products and startups. He founded Coding Puffin and created the open-source core of Docxtemplater in 2013, later launching the paid product and now supporting 300+ customers while iterating on features full time. Versatile across technical and commercial domains, he moves quickly from prototype to customer feedback using a lean approach. His open-source contributions include feature and performance work on notable projects like decaffeinate and nodemon, showing deep familiarity with JavaScript tooling and migration challenges. Previously he led front-end modernization efforts—migrating Angular 1 apps to React with CI and automated testing—while also developing Node.js APIs for payment apps. Edgar combines entrepreneurial grit with a developer’s craft, often improving developer experience and internal architecture rather than just surface features.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Mathematics Physics, Mathematics Physics at Lycée FaidherbeIngénieur, E-Business et Entreprenariat, Master, Ingénieur, E-Business et Entreprenariat, Master at Ecole Centrale Lille
English, German, Chinese, Luxembourgish, French
Stackoverflow
20,166reputation
4.6mreached
328answers
109questions
css
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coffeescript
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windows
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php
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laravel
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git
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Github Skills (26)
msword10
javascript10
conversions10
coffeescript10
testing10
nodejs10
git9
refactor9
laravel9
linux9
windows9
css9
php9
refactoring9
web-development9
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
open-xml-templating/docxtemplater
May 2013 - Dec 2022
Generate docx, pptx, and xlsx from templates (Word, Powerpoint and Excel documents), from Node.js or the browser. Demo: https://www.docxtemplater.com/demo. #docx #office #generator #templating #report #json #generate #generation #template #create #pptx #docx #xlsx #react #vuejs #angularjs #browser #typescript #image #html #table #chart
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 7 reviews, 2081 commits in 9 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Edgar primarily focused on refactoring and updating the docxtemplater project, addressing issues with data handling and ensuring code quality. They revamped the codebase for performance, incorporating more precise methods. The user also worked on improving the internal workings of the code, including how the various modules and components interacted with each other, resulting in more maintainable and reliable code.
xlsxjson-reportpowerpointdocxexpress
decaffeinate/decaffeinate
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Goodbye CoffeeScript, hello JavaScript!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 6 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Edgar contributed to the `decaffeinate` project, which is focused on converting CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Their work primarily involved implementing features to support new JavaScript syntax, such as triple quotes and default parameters. The commits also included adding and modifying tests to ensure the accuracy of the conversion process. Furthermore, they added support for multiple operators in CoffeeScript conversion.
decaffeinatejavascriptconversiontypescriptgoodbye
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