Chris McCluskey

Background

About Chris McCluskey

I am a full-stack web developer with over 17 years of professional experience working at multiple layers of the web development stack, including: • Website, web application, and web service design, development, deployment, and maintenance, built using the.NET and.NET Core frameworks and utilising programming models such as Web Forms, MVC, Razor Pages, and Web API • Object-oriented design and server-side business logic programming, written in C#, VB.NET, and VBScript • Object-relational mapping using Entity Framework • Data modelling and database design, normalisation, querying, and data manipulation, principally using Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and MongoDB • Responsive client-side template and user interface building involving wireframing, PSD slicing, and cross-browser, W3C-compliant HTML, SCSS/CSS, and TypeScript/JavaScript coding, including the usage of front-end frameworks and libraries such as Angular, PrimeNG, PrimeFlex, Bootstrap, Foundation, Tailwind CSS, and jQuery • Web server configuration and management using Internet Information Services and hosted on Microsoft Windows Server • Cloud computing via Microsoft Azure, particularly services such as Web Apps, Static Web Apps, Windows Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Blob Storage, Service Bus, Content Delivery Network, Cognitive Search, Azure SQL, Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure DevOps, and App Configuration • Content management via digital experience platforms including Umbraco, Kentico, and Sitecore • Payment processing via software including Stripe, PayPal, Worldpay, Verifone, and Realex Payments • Accessibility and usability best practices appreciation, adhering to standards such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and incorporating techniques such as ARIA, progressive enhancement, and graceful degradation • Optimisation, compression, minification, caching, and performance testing • Security vulnerability awareness, testing, and preventative measures, informed by documents such as the OWASP Top 10 • Project management provided by Microsoft Planner, Team Foundation Server, Jira, Basecamp, Trello, and KanbanFlow • Methodologies such as waterfall, agile (Scrum and Kanban), and prototyping • Collaboration using SharePoint, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, and Slack • Source code management via version control systems Git, SVN, and CVS, and hosted by repositories Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, GitHub, and Bitbucket • Continuous integration and continuous delivery using Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, TeamCity, and Jenkins