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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It's an absolute pleasure working with Jonathan. We've communicated well, and are quickly getting to milestones.
- Arthur Attwell
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Because Jonathan gives five star work. It's not all that complicated why.
- Stephen Klinksiek
LATEST ARTICLES.
Thoughts on Unit Testing
I've never been someone who understood the value of unit testing. During my programming studies, when I learned new languages like PHP or JavaScript, unit testing was never a topic that came up. The byproduct of a non university, tertiary education I guess? The first...
WordPress Plugin Development Best Practices
The slides for my talk on WordPress Plugin Development at CMS Africa this morning
The Clear View – Get the MOST from your freelance developer
Have a clear understanding of your project requirements to ensure you get the most out of your freelance developer The purpose of this post is to ensure that you know precisely what you need to do in order to get the most out of the freelance developer you’re about to...