Jason Short
Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarJason Short is an experienced engineering manager at Microsoft based in Redmond with over a decade of hands-on experience and more than twenty years writing code since seeing it printed in magazines. He blends leadership with deep practical knowledge in front-end .NET and WinUI development, contributing to the widely used Windows Community Toolkit by refactoring samples and strengthening unit test coverage. Jason is skilled at improving code clarity and reliability—standardizing patterns, renaming for readability, and expanding tests for color and text utilities. He brings a pragmatic, test-first mindset to teams, mentoring engineers to deliver maintainable UI components for Windows 10 and 11. Colleagues value his long-term perspective as a lifelong developer who pairs enthusiasm for tooling with disciplined engineering practices.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (23)
xaml10
uwp10
windows-app-sdk10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
unit-test10
tool-kit9
mvvm9
firebird9
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toolkits9
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Github contributions (5)
CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building .NET apps with UWP and the Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 14 PRs, 14 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on refactoring and updating code within the sample application of the Windows Community Toolkit, adjusting variable names to match control types for improved readability, and standardizing the use of properties over functions within the connection helper. The user also added and modified unit tests, specifically focusing on color helper functionality and text file operations, including the addition of new unit tests, indicating a focus on enhancing the testing coverage of the library. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving code clarity and ensuring the reliability of the toolkit's components through testing.
mvvmwindows-sdkc-sharpcustom-controlswindows-10
microsoft/UWPCommunityToolkit-docs
Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:296 commits, 23 PRs, 56 pushes in 3 months
dotnetcsharpuwpcommunity-toolkit
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