Taylor Bell
Research Librarian & Frontend Dev at egghead.io
Boise, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolTaylor Bell is a Research Librarian and Frontend Developer based in Boise with 11 years of experience blending user-centered research and hands-on JavaScript work to make delightful web experiences. At egghead.io they bridge content, discovery, and UI by shipping accessible frontend features and maintaining a research-informed approach to product decisions. Previously a product owner and full-stack problem-solver at MetaGeek, Taylor excels at translating user needs into actionable stories and reliable implementations. Comfortable across React, Redux, Webpack and modern ES6 workflows, they’ve contributed front-end improvements to well-known repositories such as Kent C. Dodds’ homepage, adding robust form handling, loading states and error resilience. Known for curiosity and empathy (and an ENFP streak), Taylor pairs a librarian’s information instincts with a developer’s focus on clean, user-friendly interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Minor, Computer Science, Minor, Computer Science at Boise State UniversityRuby on Rails, Ruby on Rails at Firehose ProjectCertificate, Human-Computer Interaction, Certificate, Human-Computer Interaction at University of California, San Diego (Coursera)
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Github Skills (14)
formik10
javascript10
react10
html9
scroll9
css8
environment-variables7
responsive-design6
vim6
mousewheel6
puppeteer6
chromium6
google-chrome6
material-design-lite6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
kentcdodds/old-kentcdodds.com
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Kent's Homepage
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 7 days
Contributions summary:Taylor primarily focused on enhancing the front-end functionality of a signup form within a React application. Their contributions include converting the form to a class-based component, implementing submission handling using `Formik`, and integrating a submission message. They also added loading states and error handling using `try...catch` blocks to improve the user experience. Finally, the user refactored the code by fetching the form id from environment variables.
kentreactjekyll
tayiorbeii/es6_learning_notes
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 month
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