Summary
Gary Smith is a seasoned web developer with 11+ years building hand-coded, object-oriented, database-driven sites spanning e-commerce, calendaring, reservation systems and custom CMSs. He specializes in LAMP-stack development (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript) and modern front-end tooling—jQuery, Vue.js, Ajax—while leveraging frameworks like Zend, Laravel and CodeIgniter and platforms like Linux/Apache. Gary combines API integrations (SOAP, cURL, Composer, npm) with pragmatic server-side caching, minification and deployment workflows (ssh, git, svn, Ansible, Vagrant, Docker) to deliver fast, maintainable applications. He has deep experience syncing MLS/IDX data via RETS and integrating third-party payment and timeshare APIs, enabling clients to control search and listing presentation. Comfortable in both procedural and OOP styles, he also standardizes team environments and devops processes, having built cross-platform base boxes, GitLab workflows and documentation to accelerate delivery. Based in Florida and self-employed, he pairs practical infrastructure savvy with a focus on clean, readable code and measurable performance wins.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development, Web Development at World Wide Web