_skills

Skills that I acquired through my studies and practical experience:

Skill sets

• Implementation
  • Development of complex web applications based on common web frameworks (PHP/MySQL, Ruby on Rails, CakePHP)
  • Object-oriented development (Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP5)
  • Agile development
  • Template creation with multiple templating languages (RHTML, XSLT, TypoScript, Smarty)
  • Webserver administration (Debian, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Mongrel)
• Conceptual Design
  • Usability evaluation (usability tests, heuristic evaluation, ...)
  • Accessibility expertise
  • Conducting of user studies and needs analysis
  • Elaborate information architectures and database designs
• Visual Design
  • Rapid prototyping using interactive wireframes (Axures RP)
  • Clean, modern and accessible web design implementation (XHTML & CSS)
  • Usability engineering: integrating insights from cognitive psychology into interface design
  • Creation of clean and easy to use web designs (Photoshop)

Programming Languages

• professional knowledge:
  • Ruby (on Rails)
  • PHP
  • XHTML & CSS
  • SQL
• advanced knowledge:
  • JavaScript (jQuery, YUI, Prototype)
  • XML & XSLT
  • Java
• basic knowledge:
  • Python (Python for Symbian S60)
  • XUL
  • ASP.NET (VBScript)

Operating Systems

• Windows (95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista)
• Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Suse)
• Mac OS X

Tools, Applications & Frameworks

• Pen & paper
• Eclipse (Aptana Studio, Subclipse, ...)
• jEdit
• Photoshop
• Firefox (Web Developer, Firebug, ...)
• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• PHP: CakePHP, eGroupware, Typo 3, Gallery2, Wordpress, Smarty, PEAR, ...
• Ruby on Rails, Mongrel

Languages

• German (native language)
• Englisch (fluent)
  - high school year in the U.S.
  - English intensive course in German high school
  - 109 out of 120 points in the TOEFL, July 2006
• Latin ('großes Latinum' - language certificate)
• Spanish (3 semesters)