Niklas Merz
Software Developer at pragmatic minds GmbH
Fulda, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolNiklas Merz is a software developer with 11 years’ experience building web backends, APIs and mobile apps, currently working with Django, Python and industrial IoT at pragmatic minds in Fulda. He combines day-to-day DevOps and API work with a long-standing passion for Apache Cordova, contributing significant iOS fixes and plugins (including biometric auth) to widely used Cordova projects. As co-chair of the W3C WebView Community Group he helps shape WebView behavior across platforms, bringing practical mobile-web interoperability experience to standards discussions. Comfortable moving between frontend, mobile and server-side code, he’s an active open source maintainer who often focuses on iOS compatibility, refactoring and developer experience improvements.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Fachinformatiker / IT specialist Anwendungsentwicklung / application development, Fachinformatiker / IT specialist Anwendungsentwicklung / application development at Ferdinand-Braun-Schule Fulda
German, English
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Github Skills (35)
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
website-development10
cordova10
authentication10
typescript10
user-authentication10
android-development10
cordova-plugin10
ionic-framework10
android10
typescript-types10
cordova-plugin-file10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio
Aug 2016 - Nov 2022
Cordova Plugin for fingerprint sensors (and FaceID) with Android and iOS support
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:48 releases, 15 reviews, 379 commits in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Niklas primarily contributed to the iOS implementation of a Cordova plugin for fingerprint and biometric authentication. Their work involved refactoring and implementing core features like the `isAvailable` and `authenticate` methods, which interact with the iOS LocalAuthentication framework. Furthermore, the user added Swift code to the plugin.
fingerprint-authenticationfaceidsensorscordova-pluginfingerprint
apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
Dec 2017 - Jun 2021
Apache Cordova InAppBrowser Plugin
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:19 reviews, 31 commits, 40 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Niklas primarily contributed to the iOS implementation of the Apache Cordova InAppBrowser plugin. Their work focused on fixing bugs related to iOS 13 compatibility, specifically addressing issues with window management and visibility. They also made improvements to the plugin's functionality, such as adding an option to hide the spinner and refining the injection of JavaScript files. These changes enhance the overall user experience and ensure the plugin's proper operation on different iOS versions.
objective-ccordovaapache-cordovajavascriptapache
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