Hi! My name is Jonathan.
I’m a Freelance web consultant, developer, and writer.
How can I help you today?
With over 15 years of software development experience, I can help take you from idea to execution.
Code reviews
If you’re starting your development journey, or you want a second opinon on code you or someone you’ve hired wrote, I’d be happy to be of service.
Development
Taking an idea and turning it into a reality shouldn’t be hard. I’ll help you take your new product or service from idea to implementation.
Customisation
Sometimes all you need is a little tweak or change to get exactly what you need. Feel free to contact me for all your customisation needs.
LEVERAGINg OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES.
The power of open-source software lies in the collaborative development from multiple independent sources. Open-source software generates an increasingly more diverse scope of design perspective than any one person or company is capable of developing and sustaining long term.
WordPress
Used by 30% of the top 10 million websites (as of January 2018), WordPress is the most popular website management (or blogging) system in use on the Web, powering more than 60 million websites worldwide.
Laravel
Laravel is a free, open-source, PHP web framework, intended for the development of modern web applications. Laravel is regarded as one of the most popular PHP frameworks.
A Personal Touch.
My approach to problem solving and software development:
- I will never stop learning but I will be aware of my own limitations.
- I will build my business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers.
- I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague, and I’ll remember the days before I knew everything.
- I will communicate with my clients as much as possible, because it’s the oxygen of a successful relationship.
- Given enough time and resouces, there is no problem that I cannot solve.
My skillset.
Vanilla PHP, CakePHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Yii
Vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, Angular, Vue, React
HTML5, Bootstrap
Sass, Less
- PHP – 90%
- JavaScript – 90%
- HTML – 85%
- CSS – 80%
Certified Codeable Expert Developer.
Since September 2016, I have provided 5 star service to WordPress customers from around the world.
Codeable Reviews.
Codeable is the #1 outsourcing platform for WordPress. 989 of every 1000 completed projects are rated with 5/5 stars. Here are just a few.
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Jonathan has been nothing short of a god send. I had a very short contract of work with him to assist with assessing resource requirements for my project and he was incredibly efficient grasping the scope of work required and quickly set about assisting with a talent search. We have one consultant on board already and a good list of potential candidates for a second position to work with. I was very impressed with Jonathan's professionalism. Thank you, Tony Vetter
- Tony Vetter
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Jonathan was thorough, flexible and communicated clearly about the challenges and progress along the way. Even as the brief developed into something different, he was proactive in running with the changes and keeping the end goal in mind. Thank you Sir!
- Guy van der Walt
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Went above and beyond the initial task. Beautiful code! Thank you!
- Lindsay Landis
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Really went above and beyond to complete this project. Very pleased with the final result, will gladly work with Jonathan again in the future!
- Lindsay Landis
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Jonathan is a ROCKSTAR! He is a pleasure to work with and quite the Wordpress wizard 🙂
- Kim Roach
LATEST ARTICLES.
On Ubuntu 18.04, Installing MySQL Does Not Set the Root Password.
One of the things I love about using Ubuntu as my primary operating system is that I can have quickly set up a 'bare metal' LAMP development environment. While I unusually run my client websites inside on of my custom Vagrant boxes, for working on personal projects or...
Social Media Sabbatical
I've been thinking a lot about my use of the internet and it's associated tools and apps lately. I've never been the biggest fan of social media, but since roughly 2015 I've found myself getting drawn into the online conversation more and more, so much so that I've...
The importance of WordPress website optimisation with Justin Frydman
Build it. Theme it. Watch it fail. Or not. If you know how to optimize. Few things are as frustrating as a website slower than molasses going uphill. Even fewer people stick around to see whether the website was worth waiting for in the first place. There are plenty...