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Welcome to the text and pictures part of the Western Australian web server that is connected to the internet. A Portfolio if you like, all written by the ghost piloting the human meat-sack labeled James Raymond Thompson. I am a Student, Front End Web Developer based in Perth.
A long time ago, not that far away . . .
I honed some very rudimentary crafting skills in HTML using frontpage98 in the late 90's and early 2000s. In my naivety I thought I could make a website and get paid for it. So designed, photographed and knocked together a website for the Windsor Hotel, which is where I was working at the time. I spent the next 20 years in hospitality, working in some of the best hotels in Perth, including Liar's Saloon, JoeBlacks and the BelEyre Tavern, if you are wondering why none of these places exist anymore, it's because they crumbled into fine cheese particles.
I have always had a passion for web development and have been waiting for the right time to return to it. I started studying web development at TAFE at the start of 2021, after some time in the local government sector I have returned to what I love, web development.
Skills
HTML
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, SASS, Bootstrap, Wordpress, PHP, MySQL, Astro
Tools
VSCode, Git, GitHub, Figma, Gimp, Photoshop, Excel, Power-BI
Languages
English (getting there), Japanese (barely)
Soft Skills
Problem-work, Comms with talk box, People Solving
Hobbies
Real world activities, Art - misc, Cooking, Bloggins / webDev
Education
TAFE WA - Cert IV of Front End Web Development (2021)
TAFE WA - Cert IV in Cyber Security (almost 2020)
In progress, a Diploma of Front End Web Development, versed in many things master of none. I have dabbled in some cyber security but have really found my passion in web development, while mostly front end thus far, I am keen to explore it all.