James Calcaben
Technical Writer Developer at Magento Commerce
Austin, Texas, United States
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James Calcaben is a Technical Writer Developer with a decade of software experience and a BS in Computer Science from UT Austin, blending hands-on Java, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy and Python development with technical documentation expertise. As the primary developer for Capital Addons and a technical writer at Magento Commerce, he plans and builds Atlassian add-ons and creates external developer docs and code examples that improve developer workflows. He champions test-driven development and software design patterns, and routinely adds front-end enhancements and tooling to documentation sites using technologies like Jekyll, Docker, and Grunt. His open-source contributions include improving Magento’s PWA Studio and devdocs—boosting PWA documentation, REST API references, and UI/UX for developer-facing sites. Comfortable switching between coding, scripting and writing, he has a knack for turning complex integration details into clear, reusable documentation and tooling. Based in Austin, he’s open to connecting with other developers and creative technologists.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
English
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Github Skills (10)
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javascript10
pwapp10
magento10
react10
documentation10
technical-writing10
redoc8
tailwindcss7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
magento/pwa-studio
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
🛠Development tools to build, optimize and deploy Progressive Web Applications for Magento 2.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 222 reviews, 294 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the documentation and UI components of the Magento PWA Studio project. They made improvements to the documentation homepage, including content revisions, addition of links, and styling adjustments. The user also updated the Venia Storefront setup documentation and made minor content fixes throughout the documentation, and added Markdown linting. These contributions indicate a focus on enhancing the developer experience by refining documentation and improving UI components.
magentopwa-studiopwa-storefrontveniapwa
magento/devdocs
Apr 2016 - Feb 2021
[Deprecated] Magento Developer Documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:355 commits, 202 PRs, 203 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the Magento developer documentation. Their work involved updating links to the PWA Studio, modifying content related to the PWA topic, and changing the display of documentation versions. Additionally, they added and formatted REST API references with Redoc, and fixed table layout issues. The user also made several updates to improve the documentation's appearance and usability.
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