Background

Howard Lewis Ship

Objectives

I've spent a lot of time creating elegant, powerful tools and frameworks that have enabled hundreds of other developers to create (and maintain!) terrific applications. I'm looking to join a team where I can learn as well as teach, stretch my boundaries, and create something amazing!

Skills

Languages
  • Programming: Java, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Clojure, Groovy, Ruby, Objective-C, Lua, Python, PL/1
  • User Interface: HTML, XML, CSS, JSON, XSL, JSP
  • Relational Database: SQL, Hibernate Query Language
  • Other Database: MongoDB, Riak
Frameworks and Technologies
  • J2EE: Servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans, JDBC, JMS, JAXP, JavaMail
  • Node.js: Express, Mongoose, Connect, Passport
  • Web Frameworks: Tapestry, Struts, Jade
  • Client Frameworks: Prototype, Scriptaculous, jQuery, ExtJS, Underscore.js, Backbone.js, Twitter Bootstrap
  • Testing: Geb, Spock, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, EasyMock
  • Utilities: Jakarta Commons, Javassist, ASM, Log4J, SLF4J
  • Build Tools: Gradle, Ant, Maven, GNU Make
  • Source Code Management: Git, CVS, Subversion
  • IDEs: Eclipse, Emacs, IntelliJ
Consulting Skills
  • Framework Design: converting domain knowledge into reusable code
  • Full Stack Thinking: can appreciate applications from the user's perspective, all the way down to low-level code
  • Mentoring: sharing my experience in a classroom setting, or less formally
  • Writing: published author, expert speaker, good at distilling complex information
  • Gets Things Done: pragmatic about priorities and deliverables

Full resume available for download (PDF).

Achievements