Jaanus Nurmoja
A Volunteer Contributor Self-taught at Self-educated
Rakvere, Lääne-Viru maakond, Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolJaanus Nurmoja is a versatile communications professional and self-taught developer with 14 years of experience combining journalism-backed PR expertise and hands-on open-source PHP/MySQL work. Based in Rakvere, Estonia, he has a long track record in municipal communications, media production and volunteer-driven software contributions—most notably improving Fabrik’s back-end file upload and database join logic for Joomla. Equally at home composing and arranging award-winning choral and secular music, he brings creative problem-solving and an ear for detail to technical projects. Currently deepening skills in Java (Hibernate, JPA, Spring) and REST services, he blends pragmatic engineering with narrative-driven stakeholder engagement. His background shows a rare mix of editorial judgment, civic involvement (recent parliamentary candidacy), and practical OSS impact.
14 years of coding experience
diploma, Journalism, diploma, Journalism at Tartu University
Github Skills (5)
file-handling10
php10
file-upload10
uploader10
sql9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Fabrik/fabrik
Oct 2011 - Oct 2018
Fabrik for Joomla 3.x
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:257 commits, 71 PRs, 71 comments in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jaanus's contributions centered around updates to PHP files, specifically within the `plugins/fabrik_element` folder, indicating work on the back-end logic of the Fabrik application. They primarily focused on improving the file upload and database join functionalities. These updates involved modifications related to thumbnail generation, including adding the option to create a thumb suffix for file uploads, and correcting issues related to database queries for database joins.
joomla-componentjoomla-extensionsvdmjoomla
jaanusnurmoja/zenphoto
Jul 2015 - Apr 2021
The Zenphoto open-source gallery and CMS project
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes in 5 years 10 months
cmsgallery
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