TJ VanToll
Developer Advocate
Lansing, Michigan, United States
Summary
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RockstarTJ VanToll is a Developer Advocate with 14 years of experience helping teams build better web experiences and advocating for developer needs. Based in Lansing, Michigan, he blends hands-on front-end engineering—contributing bug fixes and UI improvements to high-profile projects like jQuery UI—with polished public-facing technical communication as a principal developer advocate. He focuses on pragmatic UI fixes, CSS theming, and responsive behavior across browsers, demonstrating an attention to detail that improves both demos and production sites. TJ also contributes to WordPress theme work for jQuery sites, showing a knack for improving UX through small, impactful front-end changes. Known as a tech author and web developer, he pairs community-minded open source work with product-focused advocacy to close the loop between developers and users.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
html10
wordpress10
css10
uid10
debug10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
jquery10
user-interface8
interface-design8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jquery/jquery-ui
Jan 2012 - Apr 2015
The official jQuery user interface library.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:119 commits, 13 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:TJ primarily contributed to the jQuery UI library, focusing on bug fixes and enhancements related to various UI components like Resizable, Draggable, Button, Slider, and Selectable. Their work involved addressing issues such as incorrect positioning, disabled state handling, and responsiveness in different browsers. The user also made minor improvements to the demo examples and CSS theming.
user-interfacejavascriptjquery
jquery/jquery-wp-content
Apr 2013 - Jun 2015
WordPress themes and plugins for the jQuery sites
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 1 push in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:TJ primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the WordPress theme. Their contributions included fixing typos, cleaning up and grouping CSS rules, and addressing mobile layout issues by wrapping words within specific HTML elements. Additionally, they updated the theme's footer to include a new UI book link. These modifications centered on improving the user interface and visual presentation of the website, specifically for jquery.com.
jquerywordpresssiteswordpress-themesthemes
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