Klaas Poortinga
Software Engineer at MoveYou
Frisia, Netherlands
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolKlaas Poortinga is a versatile full-stack software engineer from Frisia with 12 years' experience building websites, web apps and mobile apps using JavaScript, PHP and modern frameworks like Laravel, CakePHP and Meteor. He combines front-end craftsmanship (HTML/CSS/JS) with back-end skills (MySQL, MongoDB) and practical DevOps familiarity from managing Linux webservers and CI pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab). Klaas has applied his curiosity to mobile publishing via Cordova and contributed to the popular OctoberCMS project, improving Dutch localization, backend navigation and form widgets for better usability. A certified agile developer who enjoys experimenting with new stacks, he consistently turns exploratory prototypes into production-ready solutions for clients across e-learning and marketing platforms.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Communication & Multimedia Design, Bachelor's degree, Communication & Multimedia Design at Noordelijke Hogeschool LeeuwardenHAVO, HAVO at Bornego College
English, Dutch, western frisian
Github Skills (8)
php10
localization10
backend10
laravel10
octobercms10
laravel-mix10
back-end-development9
cms9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
octobercms/october
May 2019 - Jul 2020
Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.
Role in this project:
Localization/Internationalization Specialist & Backend Developer
Localization/Internationalization Specialist & Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Klaas primarily contributed to improving the localization of the OctoberCMS platform. Their work focused on enhancing Dutch language translations within the backend and system modules, addressing missing translations and updating existing ones for better accuracy. They also modified the menu structure to use objects, which suggests a refactoring effort within the backend navigation system. Additionally, the user improved the colorpicker and markdown editor form widgets to support readonly, disabled, and attributes for enhanced usability.
cmsphp-laravelhostedphpcmf
Klaasie/october
Jan 2017 - Nov 2020
Free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.
Contributions:51 pushes, 24 branches in 3 years 10 months
cmsphp-laravelhostedphpcontao
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