Brandon Parker

Front-End Developer

Static sites, redesigns, UI development, responsive design

Web App Developer

SPAs, Vue and React Components, Web Components

About Me

Hello, my name is Brandon! I am a front-end developer who focuses on vue.js web apps. My main strengths are building beautiful responsive UIs and creating functional web app components. In my free time I like to play guitar and explore lots of new music! I also go to the gym and look forward to improving myself every week. I am based in Spokane, Washington and am open for full time positions or contracting opportunities.

Favorite Technologies

JavaScript
Vue.js
WordPress
SASS
PHP
Git
React.js
Node.js
NPM
Laravel
HTML5

Custom Solutions

Custom code for your ever growing business requirements. Whether you need WordPress, PHP, or JavaScript, I aim to deliver high quality solutions for your end users.

Results Focused

High quality code is important, but communication and results come first. At the end of the day, delivering an amazing solution is more important that sitting alone hacking that perfect line of code.

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CSS HTML
Hyperlinks are a big part of every webpage, even if they’re not completely apparent. Typically you’d only have text or maybe wrap a <button> element with a link. Sometimes, a design called for an entire <div> (or any other sectional element) to be a clickable link. A typical example is an entire block with some […]

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Git
Have you ever needed to merge a branch but exclude certain changes that aren’t ready yet? This shouldn’t happen super often, but on bigger projects you’ll probably run into something like this. Luckily with Git, there is always a way. Even if you’re not an advanced Git user, this trick should be fairly straightforward to […]

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Bash Linux
Defining bash aliases has always been a neat little trick for saving time on the command line. When learning about aliases, a few ideas may immediately jump out. There are also some you may not have thought about. I hope to uncover at least one of those. In this post, I’ll list 5 of my […]

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CSS SCSS
If you’ve been in web development long enough, you’ve probably heard of SASS/SCSS. That’s no surprise, considering it has been around for so long(over 10 years), and it’s included in many popular build systems. Webpack builds such as create-react-app and Vue CLI templates come with easy SASS support. If you’re using your own build system, […]

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Git
Git’s amend command is so simple, yet so powerful. I personally use it multiple times a day and even have a bash alias for it. Why is amending so useful? The answer is simple: programmers make lots of mistakes. Mistakes are a part of the job. Git amend fixes mistakes as simple as a commit […]

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Cypress Javascript Testing
Cypress is an end-to-end testing framework designed to provide coverage for front-end UIs. Learning how to automate tests has its learning curve, but the benefits grow with your application’s complexity. I was tasked to test a process that involves uploading multiple types of files. In particular, application/pdf and image/* mime-type files. Doing this with Cypress […]

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My Work

Fixd Repair: A Vue-Powered Home Repair Website
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Fixd Repair: A Vue-Powered Home Repair Website

Fixd Repair is a modern, performant responsive website utilizing Vue.js and a Vue framework called Nuxt.

Large Custom WordPress Theme for a Cloud Based Product
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Large Custom WordPress Theme for a Cloud Based Product

Kloudless is an API Integration platform that makes it easy for developers to integrate APIs such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Slack, and many more into web services. They offer one API, which is used to access over 100 API integrations in an easy-to-use way. My job was to build, maintain, and deploy their main WordPress site and build their custom theme.

Carbuckets Vue.js Powered Web App
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Carbuckets Vue.js Powered Web App

Carbuckets is an app that helps consumers find the best vehicle prices by bundling buyers together. It's a dashboard heavy app that offers features both to car buyers and sellers. My job was to expand dashboard features and improve parts of the app's design using vue.js, vuex and vue router.

Breathr.io - Meditation App SPA Built with React.js and Redux
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Breathr.io - Meditation App SPA Built with React.js and Redux

Breathr.io aims to encourage daily meditation as a habit by using timer and video searching features. Breathr is an SPA built with React + Redux.

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Crystal Rothwell

My experience working with Brandon was very positive. He helped me on a variety of client projects and completed them all successfully. In particular, his help on the labelprint.ca forms was invaluable. He helped update a large amount of custom css and javascript on several long web forms to be compatible with the new version of the form plugin's code. I look forward to working with him again.

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James Giannini

Brandon is a true pro. He helped me bring my designs to life, which helped me get the job I wanted. He's organized, friendly, and always brings good ideas to the table. I would absolutely recommend him to any future clients.

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John Henzy

Brandon communicates very well, follows directions, and saved our project at the 11th hour. He is very approachable and didn't get frustrated when we had to make some quick changes. Highly recommend his services and is one of the best I've worked with.

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Gregg Henry

Brandon completed the project on time and was able to deliver a great website experience. We had some difficult/non-typical ideas for him to develop and he came through on them. Very happy with his work!

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Chase

Brandon did great work for us, would recommend and will likely use his expertise again in the future.

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Crystal Rothwell

Brandon is a great developer. He is very reliable. I hired him to help with some extra work and he did a great job. Thanks Brandon.

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Voodoo Manufacturing

I had a great experience working with Brandon. He asked all the right questions and kept me updated throughout the duration of the project. He completed the project right on schedule and everything turned out perfect!

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Element 74

Great work! We would definitely recommend Brandon to anyone looking for WordPress development.

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Andrew Magruder

Fast turnaround of exactly what we needed. Able to work with less than perfect specifications. Worked around a significant technical limitation of the framework that we required him to use in a satisfactory way.

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Want to check out some code demos?

Check out code samples written in JavaScript, React, Node, and more

Demo 1
Converting jQuery Blog Post Component To Vanilla JS

I have a simple blog component that is written in jQuery. I would like to convert it to plain JavaScript as part of my effort to completely remove jQuery from my portfolio website. Here’s what the code does in order. init() on .header-info click, call the toggle method. Get the initial textbox height and store […]

Demo 2
Converting jQuery Navbar Code to Vanilla JavaScript

I am on a journey to completely replace jQuery on my portfolio site. The first step is updating the 10 or so JavaScript files that still rely on it. Why not start with one of the easier ones, the navbar? As you can see, the code is pretty straightforward. On init, add event listeners to […]

Demo 3
Defining Reusable Column Extends with SCSS

Quick Note: The atSmall type mixins are just basic media queries. Since these kinds of layouts are common, they also need to be overwritable if I want to change the spacing. Generally, the ‘default’ spacing is defined in the extend/mixins. Example Use Cases To get the layout working, you only need a container class and […]

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