Travis Dahl

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About Travis Dahl

My name is Travis Dahl, I am a designer turned developer. My education is in design but my ~20yr career in tech has been as a front-end web engineer. Thanks for taking the time to review my experience. Javascript Able to create complex JavaScript controls and interactions to enhance a UI for a more pleasant and productive user experience. Working knowledge of React, Redux, ES6 Javascript, JSON Schema. Extensive experience building "one page" javascript applications- React Have written large applications and UI component libraries using scalable react patterns (containers,"dumb" components, redux stores, css modules)- Redux Connected container components to (sometimes complex) data stores and composed actions, epics, and reducers to manage application state in a manageable way. HTML Vast knowledge of web design, SEO, web standards, U.I. usability, web trends, and more. Appreciate and embrace all aspects of web design and it’s effect on the way the world interacts. CSS Comprehensive experience with CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap as well as CSS compilers like LESS and SASS. Up to date on the latest CSS with flex-box, css-grid, and css-variables (along with all the legacy stuff)- LESS/SCSS Experience writing and theming UI library styles with dynamic css compilers. Utilizing nested rules, variables, mixins, selector inheritance, and more to increase UI consistency as well as code maintainability and scalability. Adobe Creative Suite-Photoshop Able to execute clean clipping paths, compose multiple images using layer masks, photo restoration, color correction, etc-Illustrator Skilled with (but not limited to) Pen Tool, Pathfinder, logo and diestrike creation, gradient mesh, tracing from photographs, and 3D Effects-InDesign Always strive to practice good page layout, page design, and professional typesetting. Conscious of typography, image resolution, and pre-press procedures. Confident in pre-flighting, long document setup, master pages, pagination, and font management. Aware of commercial printing issues, including: trapping, file preparation and organization, paper selection and special printing techniques.