Fernando Cardoso
Back End Developer at HackYourFuture
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolFernando Cardoso is an experienced Back End Developer based in Amsterdam with 11 years building reliable server-side systems across startups and enterprise settings. He has progressed from PL/SQL and Java roles to senior backend positions, most recently at Homerun and now at Studocu/Studeersnel.nl, and brings hands-on expertise in PHP testing and automation—having improved snapshot diffing and non-JSON snapshot support for the popular Codeception framework. A dedicated mentor at HackYourFuture and longtime teacher of programming to kids, he pairs strong technical delivery with a clear commitment to knowledge sharing. Outside work he pursues music, arts and games, reflecting a creative approach to software design and collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita FilhoData Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician, Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician at Colégio Técnico de Campinas - Unicamp
Portuguese, English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
533reputation
366kreached
16answers
4questions
Github Skills (16)
unit-testing10
codeception10
php10
unit-test10
testing10
integration-testing9
acceptance-testing8
phpunit7
htaccess6
visual-studio-code6
associations6
doctrine6
doctrine-orm6
zend-framework6
orm6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Codeception/Codeception
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Full-stack testing PHP framework
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 11 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Fernando contributed significantly to enhancing the testing capabilities of the Codeception framework. Their work included implementing new snapshot testing features, specifically enabling the display of detailed diffs upon test failures, and allowing non-JSON content snapshots. They also added tests to validate these new features, including refresh and non-refresh scenarios. This demonstrates a focus on improving test coverage and providing more informative feedback during testing.
acceptance-testingend-to-endtestingphpbdd
fkupper/module-dynamic-snapshots
Oct 2020 - Apr 2024
This is a module that can be used together with Codeception to test Snapshots with dynamic data.
Contributions:8 releases, 4 reviews, 17 PRs in 3 years 7 months
dynamic-datadynamic-snapshotstestingsnapshot-datasnapshot-tests
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