Tapas Adhikary is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience designing and delivering software products, currently co-founding CreoWis in Bengaluru. He blends hands-on full-stack development and engineering leadership from stints at PerotSystems, Novell, and Micro Focus with a passion for teaching—running bilingual programming channels and mentoring 500+ learners worldwide. As founder of ReactPlay he built an open-source, hands-on React learning platform and contributed key front-end components and patterns that help developers learn by doing. A prolific writer and international speaker, he has published 300+ technical articles for outlets like freeCodeCamp and CSS-Tricks. Tapas balances product-building and community with high emotional intelligence and a knack for turning complex topics into approachable lessons. Outside work he’s an active family man and encourages open, constructive conversations with peers and learners.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Primary Education Primary Stady - 0th standard to 4th standard, Primary Education Primary Stady - 0th standard to 4th standard at Vivekanda Primary Vidyalaya , Ranaghat , West Bengal
Madhyamik and HS English Bengali Science Math, Madhyamik and HS English Bengali Science Math at Nasra High School , Ranaghat , West Bengal
B.E. Computer Science and Engineering, B.E. Computer Science and Engineering at Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College , Jalpaiguri , North Bengal
react-play is an opensource platform that helps you learn ReactJS faster with hands-on practice model. It is a collection of projects that you can use to learn ReactJS.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:1 release, 935 reviews, 453 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Tapas primarily contributed to the front-end development of the ReactPlay project. Their work involved implementing and styling UI components, specifically related to a movie container and a social card feature. The commits show the addition of new components, integration of data, and styling adjustments using CSS. They also refactored the code structure by implementing the component container pattern.
Contributions:17 reviews, 33 commits, 10 PRs in 8 months
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