Application Developer at Media General
Richmond, Virginia Area
Application Developer at Media General
Richmond, Virginia Area
Web developer with experience predominantly in PHP / MySQL / Apache (WAMP/LAMP) and Django / Python environments. Special experience with online media, particularly in content management systems development. Focus on tableless and web standards design and implementation. Experienced in Agile / Scrum project management.
HTML/XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript / JQuery, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Django, ExpressionEngine, .htaccess configuration, Agile/Scrum development
(Public Company; MEG; Newspapers industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Web development dealing primarily with Content Management System development with both ExpressionEngine (PHP) and Django (Python). Develop and maintain 30+ broadcast and publishing web sites based on Yahoo!'s taxonomy and using enterprise-wide standards.
Responsible for CMS integration with vendors such as Newsgator, Mochila, and the Associated Press. Aided in Media General's implementation of Yahoo's Newspaper Consortium's technical aspects.
In January 2009, switched to primarily Python and Django-based work. Co-authored new Content Management System for news and media sites based on Django 1.1.
Technologies: XHTML/HTML, XML, CSS (table-less design), JavaScript / JQuery, PHP, MySQL, Django (.91 and 1.0+) PostgreSQL, Python, Subversion, and ExpressionEngine.