Frans Saris
Software Engineer at Wolters Kluwer Schulinck
Horst, Limburg, Netherlands
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Top SchoolFrans Saris is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building and maintaining web applications and CMS solutions, currently contributing at Wolters Kluwer in the Netherlands. He has deep expertise in PHP and the TYPO3 ecosystem, contributing core fixes and new features to the widely used TYPO3 CMS and improving popular extensions like georgringer/news. Frans has progressed from hands-on development to team leadership roles, having led development at Beech Applications and built online platforms and custom TYPO3 extensions earlier in his career. Based in Horst, Limburg, he combines practical engineering with a knack for improving file handling, localization, and media support in content-heavy systems. Notably, his open-source work includes implementing a missing-files report and new file collection types for TYPO3, reflecting attention to operational robustness as well as feature delivery.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MBO, Electronica - Telematica, MBO, Electronica - Telematica at Gilde Opleidingen VenloIngenieur, Technische Informatica, Ingenieur, Technische Informatica at Fontys Hogeschool Venlo
Github Skills (13)
file-handling10
cms10
php10
debug10
newsapi10
backend10
typo3-cms-extension10
back-end-development10
typo310
mysql9
databases8
database8
html4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
TYPO3/typo3
May 2013 - Aug 2018
The TYPO3 Core - Enterprise Content Management System. Synchronized mirror of https://review.typo3.org/q/project:Packages/TYPO3.CMS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:278 commits in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Frans primarily contributed to the TYPO3 CMS core, focusing on bug fixes and feature enhancements. Their work included addressing issues related to file handling and content element functionality, such as fixing image cropping, handling file uploads, and ensuring correct localization behavior. They also implemented new features, such as a missing files report and a new file collection type. The contributions showcase expertise in PHP and experience with the core architecture of the TYPO3 CMS.
cmsmanagement-systemphpsynchronizedtypo3-cms
georgringer/news
Jul 2013 - Nov 2015
TYPO3 Extension news
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Frans primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the TYPO3 extension "news". Their work focused on resolving issues related to category import persistence, record translation, media object handling, and FE group integration. They also implemented features like adding Vimeo support and refactoring TCA configuration. These changes indicate a focus on improving the extension's functionality and code quality.
typo3-cms-extensionphprectortypo3news
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