Stephen Shaw
Front End Developer at Broken Square
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Shaw is a seasoned front-end developer and designer with 13 years of experience crafting polished, interactive experiences across web, mobile, and native apps. Equally fluent in Photoshop/Illustrator and modern front-end stacks (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, Apollo GraphQL), he specializes in WordPress sites, advanced animations, and UX-forward interfaces. At CodePen he focuses on JavaScript-driven UI and component work while co-hosting the Keyframers live stream to prototype animations in public. A long-time freelancer and former Director of Development, he pairs team leadership with hands-on implementation—evident in open-source contributions that improve usability and code quality for microlibraries and jQuery plugins. Based in Houston, he brings a rare designer-developer combo that makes production-ready visuals behave beautifully in the browser.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Arts (A.A.) at Pensacola Junior CollegeBachelor of Science (BS), Information Technology / Digital Media, Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Technology / Digital Media at University of West Florida
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
jquery10
animation10
text-manipulation10
css10
dom-manipulation10
front-end-development10
css-variables10
centering9
cs39
html9
responsive-design8
ui-design7
css-animations6
location6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
shshaw/Splitting
Jan 2018 - May 2020
JavaScript microlibrary to split an element by words, characters, children and more, populated with CSS variables!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 2 reviews, 167 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily focused on the development of a JavaScript microlibrary for splitting elements by words, characters, and children. Their contributions include implementing core functionalities such as `Splitting`, `split`, and `index` methods. They also introduced support for different splitting strategies, including lines, and added CSS variables for styling and animation control, demonstrating a strong focus on front-end development and UI manipulation.
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drien/jquery-flipster
Jul 2013 - Mar 2016
Responsive, CSS3, touch-enabled jQuery Coverflow plugin.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 67 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the jQuery Flipster plugin. Their work focused on improving code consistency, fixing typos, and enhancing the overall user experience. They refactored the code by reusing references, simplifying functions, and implementing BEM class naming conventions, improving the maintainability and readability of the code. The user also made improvements to the navigation and event handling of the plugin, demonstrating a strong focus on usability and performance.
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