Web Developer/Automation Architect at Slide
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Web Developer/Automation Architect at Slide
- QA Developer at Open Source Applications Foundation
- Education
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- Washington State University
- Washington State University
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Adam Christian’s Summary
Advanced skills
- JavaScript/CSS/DOM
- JavaScript frameworks (Dojo, Prototype, Fleegix, YUI, JQuery)
- OOP and software engineering
- Django Web Framework
- Pylons Web Framework
- Windmill Testing Framework
- Selenium Testing Framework
Solid foundation skills
- PHP, Python, C, C++, C#
- Database programming (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL)
- Photoshop, GIMP
- Ruby on Rails
- Software testing methodology
Experience
Software Engineer (Web Development), Rearden Commerce 2008 - Current
Client side development of universal widgets for the Rearden Personal Assistant. Maintaining JavaScript organization, coding standards, JavaScript Framework usage and performance.
QA Development Engineer, Open Source Applications Foundation 2006-Current
Primary Responsibilities --
Know the internals and insure the quality of all front end functionality in the Chandler Server.
Interface with developers, release managers and QA in order to ensure smooth releases.
Develop JSON/Python and JavaScript tests to automate release cycles.
Maintain Chandler Server instances for automated testing, and QA Sessions.
Chandler and Cosmo Testing and Automation --
http://chandler.osafoundation.org, http://cosmo.osafoundation.org
Windmill -- co-founder, developer -- http://windmill.osafoundation.org
Project was founded at OSAF by myself and Mikeal Rogers.
Designed to provide end to end functional web UI testing of any web application.
My primary responsibilities include JavaScript IDE, and Core interaction with the Browsers.
Education
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington — B.A Computer Science
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington — B.A Business Administration
Adam Christian’s Specialties:
- JavaScript/CSS/DOM
- JavaScript frameworks (Dojo, Prototype, Fleegix, YUI, JQuery)
- OOP and software engineering
- Django Web Framework
- Cake PHP Web Framework
- Pylons Web Framework
- Windmill Testing Framework
- Selenium Testing Framework
Adam Christian’s Experience
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Web Developer/Automation Architect
Slide
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (2 months)
Architecting and implementing an automation system using the Windmill Test Framework to speed up release cycles, catch regressions and maintain continuous integration. Eventually I will move back into a development role doing JavaScript development and feature implementation on Slide's facebook applications.
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QA Developer
Open Source Applications Foundation
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Developing our Web Testing Framework; Windmill -- http://windmill.osafoundation.org, and upholding the quality in the Chandler Server Web UI -- http://hub.chandlerproject.org
Adam Christian’s Education
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Washington State University
Computer Science, 2002 — 2006
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Washington State University
Business Administration, 2002 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- Business Plan Competition, Sigma Phi Epsilon
Additional Information
Adam Christian’s Websites:
Adam Christian’s Interests:
Snowboarding, hiking, scuba diving, all types of software engineering, graphic design, web design...
Adam Christian’s Groups:
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Rearden Commerce
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Adam Christian’s Honors:
Conferences;
OSCON 2007, Portland, OR
Speaker -- Automated Ajax WebUI Testing with Windmill, July 2007
BayPIGgies, Mountain View, CA
Speaker -- Automated Ajax WebUI Testing with Windmill, October 2007
