Todd Newman
Software Engineer
Summary
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RockstarTodd Newman is a software engineer with eight years of experience, currently contributing to developer tooling at Microsoft. He specializes in front-end improvements for desktop applications, notably enhancing the Bot Framework Emulator's user experience by refining navigation, editor workflows, and settings. Todd’s work demonstrates a user-centered approach—introducing features like split-editor tooltips and transcript-centric naming that streamline bot debugging for developers. Although primarily focused on UI, his contributions reflect an appreciation for developer productivity and small UI changes that yield outsized usability gains.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
typescript10
typescripts10
electron10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-design9
redux8
bot-framework-emulator7
bots6
googlebot6
bot-platform5
bot-framework5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator
May 2018 - May 2018
A desktop application that allows users to locally test and debug chat bots built with the Bot Framework SDK.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 11 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 days
Contributions summary:Todd primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the Bot Framework Emulator. They implemented features such as opening endpoints to the right of the active editor and renaming the "File explorer" to "Transcript explorer". The user also added tooltips for presentation mode and split editor functionalities, and updated the application's settings interface. Their contributions directly impacted the user experience and navigation within the application.
botbot-framework-emulatorbot-frameworkreactsdk-framework
ToddN/Power-Fx
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Power Fx low-code programming language
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 20 days
low-codecompilerpowerprogramming-languageodin
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