Ryan Kadel

- Fullstack Web Developer

- Amateur Comedian

Funny picture about my programming life

"A day in the life of a developer"

A little about me

A shameful selfie
  • Lifetime gamer and computer enthusiast
  • Leadership learned from years of experience in retail management
  • Fluent in:
    • Javascript
    • HTML 3
    • CSS 3
  • World of Warcraft High Warlord

Hello, I am Ryan, a recent graduate of the Thinkful Software Engineering course. I've been interested in computers since I was very young and first got my hands on a "Macintosh II" in a computers summer camp, because I was the kid that wanted to go to computer camp. Forget camping. After over a decade in retail and retail management I'm finally doing something that I really enjoy, and hope to combine my experience with my passion for programming to excel in the modern team based development environment.

The Health Quiz App

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This is a simple quiz web application showcasing HTML CSS Javascript and in particular Jquery.

It was my first from-scratch project in Thinkful's Software Engineering program and prompts the user with a series of questions and gives feedback from each one. At the conclusion of the quiz the user is shown their score and asked if they would like to play again. It's good for anyone looking for a basic biology refresher.

FixIt

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This is the API Hack capstone project for Thinkul's Nights and Weekends software engineering course. For this project I worked with an excellent partner: Brittany Weickert

The App is designed with people who have recently damaged their smartphones in mind. The user enters the smartphone model and zip code and they are shown a list of youtube videos that demonstrate the repair for the DIY'er as well as a map of their area with markers and list for local repair shops If they are less bold.

  • This app uses the youtube API to display the videos
  • Google Cloud Platform -
    • Geocode API to turn their zip code into usable lat and long numbers
    • Google's Javascript Maps API to display the results as markers on a map of their area
  • The lists of shops are populated using Foursquare's search API
  • The app also features ample HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery

How to get in touch

Please get in touch with me at any time if you are hiring, want to talk code, or just to say hi! I love to talk shop, so even if you just want to talk about something you are working on or need help with your Javascript, feel free to drop me a line.