Nipuna Weerasekara
Software Engineer at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolNipuna Weerasekara is a software engineer from Western Province, Sri Lanka with 8 years of experience building web applications and contributing to open-source projects. He focuses on front-end development—evidenced by his React boilerplate, Firebase authentication integration, and UI improvements on the Codelabz project—while pursuing research into web application security in open-source JavaScript ecosystems. Comfortable across the full stack, he blends practical engineering with a long-term mindset toward code sustainability, reflected in his GitHub tagline about software outliving its author. A University of Colombo School of Computing graduate in Information Systems, Nipuna combines hands-on implementation skills with an academic interest in secure, maintainable web software.
8 years of coding experience
Secondary Education, Physical Sciences, Secondary Education, Physical Sciences at Ananda College - Colombo 10Bachelor's degree (Hons), Information Systems, Bachelor's degree (Hons), Information Systems at University of Colombo School of ComputingPrimary Education, Primary Education at Kaluthara Vidyalaya
Hindi, Tamil, English, Sinhalese
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Github Skills (12)
javascript10
firebase10
react10
antd9
front-end-development9
ant9
user-authentication9
authentication9
react-router8
jsx8
pwapp8
firestore7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
scorelab/Codelabz
May 2020 - Oct 2022
Codelabz
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:241 reviews, 150 commits, 106 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nipuna primarily worked on the frontend of the Codelabz project, creating a basic React boilerplate, integrating a login component using Firebase authentication, and enhancing the user interface. They also made configuration updates, potentially related to environment variables or Firebase setup. These modifications indicate the user's focus on building the user interface, managing user authentication, and setting up the application.
firebasefirestorereact
Niweera/niwder
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
Niwder: Download, upload, and go wild with Mega, Google Drive and direct download links.
Contributions:16 releases, 23 reviews, 119 commits in 7 months
googlefirebasegoogle-drivewilddirect
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