Edgard Messias
Paraná, Brazil
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Top SchoolEdgard Messias is a seasoned full-stack developer from Paraná, Brazil with 13 years of experience automating workflows and integrating disparate systems to make operations more efficient. He has deep PHP backend expertise and a track record modernizing legacy stacks and building APIs—work reflected in contributions to well-known open-source projects like Yii2 and GLPI. Edgard also brings strong JavaScript/backend experience in WhatsApp automation projects (WPPConnect/Venom/WA-JS), improving message delivery, media handling and API design. Comfortable across databases (MSSQL, Oracle, Informix) and test automation, he often focuses on making systems communicate reliably and reducing repetitive manual work. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he combines hands-on coding with a curiosity for creative integrations and practical automation that others may not immediately consider.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Guarda MirimEspecialização em Desenvolvimento WEB, Especialização em Desenvolvimento WEB at Universidade Estadual de MaringáNorth Paraná University
Github Skills (44)
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api-rest10
whatsapp-stickers10
javascript10
jquery10
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apidoc10
api-design10
wp-api10
restful-api10
testing10
whatsapp-cloud-api10
http-header10
open-source10
typescript10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
wppconnect-team/wa-js
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
WPPConnect/WA-JS is an open-source project with the aim of exporting functions from WhatsApp Web
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 reviews, 892 commits, 153 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Edgard's commits primarily focus on refactoring and enhancing the back-end functionalities of the `wa-js` repository, which aims to provide functions from WhatsApp Web. They've removed proxy calls for WhatsApp modules, added various new constants, and improved the `sendMessage` function and template button support. Furthermore, the user has added new features to support features such as group creation, handling messages in several different ways and also added functionality for dealing with status updates, including location sharing functionality.
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wppconnect-team/wppconnect
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
WPPConnect is an open source project developed by the JavaScript community with the aim of exporting functions from WhatsApp Web to the node, which can be used to support the creation of any interaction, such as customer service, media sending, intelligence recognition based on phrases artificial and many other things, use your imagination
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 452 commits, 370 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Edgard primarily focused on adding and modifying core functionalities within the WPPConnect project. Their contributions included implementing new features such as sending audio files and the ability to edit group properties. The user made several code changes that included updates to dependencies, and improvements to the performance of several functions, specifically related to the core chat functionality. They also worked on migrating and refactoring core features from legacy models to WA-JS components.
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