Reinder De Vries
Lead Software Developer at Utrecht University
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolReinder De Vries is a seasoned software developer from the Netherlands with over a decade of experience building iOS, Android and web apps for clients ranging from Philips to Tommy Hilfiger. He combines full-stack engineering with a designer’s eye for UI/UX, favoring clear communication, concise code and pragmatic solutions to novel problems. As founder of LearnAppMaking he produced extensive educational content—300+ blog posts and 30+ hours of video—that was acquired in 2021, reflecting his commitment to teaching as a way to learn. His work spans academia and industry, including building Utrecht University’s FAST platform and teaching software courses, and he contributes practical developer resources such as a Swift 5 cheatsheet for beginners. Reinder is a generalist-specialist who enjoys playful technical exploration (from Game of Life to FizzBuzz) as much as shipping polished production apps.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Mediatechnology, Bachelor of Engineering, Mediatechnology at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)Atheneum, Atheneum at Comenius College Hilversum
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
datasheet10
cheat-table10
swift10
ios10
ch10
documentation10
html9
xcode6
wordpress6
google-chrome6
iphone6
rendering6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
reinder42/SwiftCheatsheet
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023
A cheatsheet for Swift 5. Including examples of common Swift code and short explanations of what it does and how it works. Perfect for beginner iOS developers!
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:33 commits, 8 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Reinder primarily contributed to updating the Swift Cheatsheet, focusing on content and structural improvements. Their commits involved updating the HTML content, adding sections such as operators, collections, and enums, and modifying the table of contents to reflect these additions. The user also updated the documentation to reflect Swift 5 changes and included new example code within the cheatsheet.
iosswiftcheatsheetswift5
reinder42/CoffeeGuide
Nov 2015 - May 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 9 comments in 3 years 6 months
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