MICHAEL ZHU

About Me

me

“Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.”

This Steve Jobs quote was the seed planted within me many many years ago that blossomed into my desire and determination to pursue a career in software development.

I'm a Software Engineer experienced in developing and deploying scalable JavaScript applications using modern technologies, most notably React, Gatsby, Next.js, Node.js, Express, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, and SQL databases. I especially love and have a passion for front-end development, which continually inspires me to build and create. Seeing an idea come together and materialize into fully functioning features and applications is incredibly exciting and gratifying to me.

As I continue my journey in tech, I aim to further expand and build upon my skills and knowledge and hope to also meet some amazing people along the way! Feel free to reach out and connect with me! I’m always up for a chat about software/web development, technology, basketball, video games, or how I can be of support to your team or business!

Projects

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Game City

A full-stack shopping cart web app for video game e-commerce.

Developed using
React.js JavaScript (ES6) Node.js Express PostgreSQL Bootstrap 4 HTML5 CSS3
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What's For Dinner?

A full-stack restaurant matching web app for two hungry users who want to agree on a place to eat.

Developed using
React.js JavaScript (ES6) Node.js Express PostgreSQL Bootstrap 4 HTML5 CSS3 Yelp Fusion API
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Currency Exchange World Map

An interactive world map web app that displays and calculates currency exchange rates between the US and a user-selected country.

Developed using
JavaScript (ES5) jQuery (AJAX) Bootstrap 4 HTML5 CSS3 Google GeoChart Currency Data API

Technical Skills

JavaScript
React
Redux
Gatsby
Next.js
GraphQL
Node.js
Express
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Apollo
Prisma
Jest
jQuery
HTML5
CSS3
Bootstrap 4
Chakra UI
Tailwind CSS
Semantic UI React
Ant Design
Styled Components

Tools

Git
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
VS Code
npm
Yarn
Contentful
Chrome Dev Tools
Netlify
AWS EC2
Expo
Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Ubuntu
Nginx
Postman
Insomnia
Jira
ClickUp
Figma
Slack