David Wheatley

A front-end web developer from West Sussex, UK

Hello!

Usually, people's portfolio websites are super fancy, well-crafted, but also bloated and heavy. Not mine. This site is statically generated from fully-fledged React into simple, performant, and powerful HTML, CSS and Javascript with Gatsby.js.

I prefer simple websites. Websites which are responsive and perform well on all devices, no matter how old and slow. Websites are for everyone, so everyone should be able to use them, no matter their device or internet connection.

Take a peek at some projects that I've worked on over the years.

My projects

Experience

I've worked on several for multiple different organisations, as well as contributing to the wider open source community.

Blomstra

Managed Flarum hosting, and custom development

As a full-stack web developer, I have…

Worked to project briefs to deliver new Flarum features
Created and upgraded existing open-source Flarum extensions
Integrated Flarum with other third-party services
Engaged in key communication with external clients

Flarum

Free, open-source and extensible forum framework

As a front-end web developer, I have…

Improved accessibility
Replaced old JS libraries with newer and native methods
Pioneered CSS modernisation using grid and flexbox
Spearheaded the shift to Typescript and ES6+

giffgaff

UK mobile network with 1M+ members

As a freelance web developer, I have…

Discovered and fixed styling issues
Produced a dark theme for their community forum
Implemented new community features
Optimised stylesheets and Javascript

Techway Solutions

Industrial engineering services

As a mobile app developer, I have…

Created a app used for certifying industrial flues
Engaged with the client to ensure the specification is met
Provided ongoing maintenance for the app into the future
Interfaced with native APIs to implement complex features

What do I know?

I've got experience with quite a lot of technologies, which is always handy. Over the years, I've experimented with lots of different frameworks and languages, both new and old, allowing me to quickly and easily adapt to new technologies when needed.

HTML, CSS & JS

Since 2013

React

Since 2018

Gatsby.js

Since 2019

React Native

Since 2020

Flarum

Since 2020

PHP

Since 2021

Laravel

Since 2021

Qualifications

As a current student, I haven't completed all of my qualifications at the moment, so some of the courses below show my current (predicted) grades as opposed to my actual grades.

Year	Course	Grade
2022	A-level Computer Science	A*^P
2022	BTEC L3 Ext Cert - Computing	DS*^P
2022	BTEC L3 Cert - Business	DS*^P
2021	A-level Maths	A*
P - predicted result (still studying)