Honza Javorek
Solopreneur at Apify
Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolHonza Javorek is a Prague-based solopreneur and educator with 15 years of software experience who helps Czech and Slovak beginners learn to code and land their first tech jobs through junior.guru and a quality-focused paid community. He combines hands-on back-end and test automation expertise—demonstrated by contributions to notable open-source projects like Pelican and Dredd—with product-minded content creation, writing comprehensive free manuals and curating entry-level roles. As a long-term volunteer in the Czech Python community and a course developer at Apify, he bridges community-building, curriculum design, and practical engineering. Trained in information systems at Masaryk University and with an arts background in graphic studies, he brings a rare mix of technical rigor and attention to clarity in teaching.
15 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Information Systems, Master's degree, Information Systems at Masaryk University Faculty of InformaticsBachelor's and Master's (unfinished) degree, Information Technology, Information Systems, Bachelor's and Master's (unfinished) degree, Information Technology, Information Systems at Brno University of Technology Faculty of Information TechnologyERASMUS programme exchange student, Computer Science, ERASMUS programme exchange student, Computer Science at Oulu University of Applied SciencesFirst degree, Elementary School of Fine Arts, Graphic & Plastic Branch, First degree, Elementary School of Fine Arts, Graphic & Plastic Branch at ZUŠ Bedřicha Smetany
Spanish, English, Slovak, Czech
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Github Skills (27)
javascript10
python10
static-site-generator10
testing10
api-testing10
test-automation10
coffeescript9
json-schema9
exceptions9
pytest9
tree9
api-blueprint9
yarnpkg9
nodejs9
xcode9
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
apiaryio/dredd
Dec 2015 - Oct 2019
Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:54 releases, 1673 commits, 842 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Honza focused on implementing and testing the Dredd testing tool. They implemented initial integration tests for body attributes in API Blueprint, wrote tests for a regression issue regarding HTTP status codes, and contributed towards handling binary responses and general improvements to test quality. They added test code and made several code adjustments to support and verify API tests.
openapi-validationagnostictest-runnerapi-testingopenapi
davglass/license-checker
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Check NPM package licenses
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 8 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Honza primarily contributed to improving the quality and reliability of the `license-checker` repository through the creation and modification of tests. They focused on transitioning test configurations, adding new test cases to cover edge cases, and refactoring existing test logic. Their contributions included specific tests for command-line arguments, and isolated file detection, demonstrating a focus on thorough testing of the application's behavior.
licensesnpm-packagenpm-checknodejsnpm
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