Joe Swysgood

Software Developer

About Me

I was born in Columbus and grew up in central Ohio. I recently lived in Austin, Texas, where I worked mostly in construction and fabrication. I moved back to Columbus in March of 2021 and have been working as a maintenance technician at an industrial artist studio complex in Franklinton. In my free time I love reading, board games, yoga and meditation, as well as doing odd construction and landscaping jobs for friends when requested. I've always liked working with my hands. There is something very satisfying seeing something you've built and knowing it works and was done well. However, I was very interested in computers as a kid, and recently I've felt that I may have missed an opportunity to pursue that. So I attended We Can Code IT's bootcamp in Columbus in order to help break into the software development field.

Skills

Java • JavaScript • HTML • CSS • Spring MVC • SQL • REST APIs • JSON • Object Oriented Programming • Test Driven Development • Relational Databases • Git • Agile

Projects

Please take a look at some of the things I've been working on. These can all be found on my GitHub.

Album Review Site

Working in a small team, built a web application using Java, Spring MVC, Thymeleaf, HTML and CSS. Allows users to navigate between albums, submit reviews, add songs, and create hashtags.

  • Java
  • Spring MVC
  • Thymeleaf
  • HTML
  • CSS

Donut Maker

Designed a website-based game using JavaScript, HTML and CSS that tracks how many times a user has clicked an image of a donut and allows for purchasing upgrades that will click for them automatically each second as well as multiply their clicks. Includes animations of falling donuts that increase in number as the user progresses.

  • Javascript
  • HTML
  • CSS

Reflect

Developed a single page application that allows for creating users, choosing a meditation timer with ambient sounds, and logging progress after each session. Contains a resource section with collections of links to external articles on meditation and mental health.

  • Java
  • Spring MVC
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS

Connect

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