Rob Johnston
Software Engineer
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRob Johnston is a pragmatic software engineer with over 13 years of hands-on experience across public, private, and military sectors, backed by a BSc in Materials Engineering and SECRET clearance. Based in Ottawa, he specializes in .NET full-stack development and is currently advancing his cloud skills through Microsoft’s Azure Developer Associate certification. A longtime open-source localizer, he contributed French translations and new validation methods to the widely used jQuery Validation plugin, including additions for card BIN ranges and file-size checks. Fluent in Spanish and Russian at intermediate levels, he blends disciplined engineering rigor with cross-cultural communication and a track record of shipping dependable, security-conscious software.
13 years of coding experience
BSc E, Materials Engineering, BSc E, Materials Engineering at Queen's UniversityCertificate of Intermediate Ability in Spanish, Certificate of Intermediate Ability in Spanish at University of Havana
Spanish, English, Russian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
localization10
javascript10
jquery10
testing10
html7
netcore6
asp-net6
appsettings6
asp-net-core6
visual-studio6
css4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jquery-validation/jquery-validation
Jul 2017 - Nov 2020
jQuery Validation Plugin library sources
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:6 commits, 12 PRs, 58 comments in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the localization efforts within the jQuery Validation plugin. Their work focused on adding and updating translations for various methods and messages in the French language. Additionally, they introduced new methods and functionalities, such as the "greaterThan," "lessThan," "maxsize," and "maxfiles" and their associated tests. This involved modifying core validation logic and test files, as well as adding support for the new BIN range for MasterCard.
inline-validationjqueryvalidationjavascriptjquery-validation-plugin
RobJohnston/Coinsquare.Api
Apr 2018 - Dec 2020
A .Net Standard client for the Coinsquare cryptocurrency API.
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 9 months
api-clientapidotnetdashcryptocurrency-api
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