Josh Shupack
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(50 reviews)
US$55.00
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ABOUT ME
Expert Web developer
Expert Web developer
I have been a freelance web developer since 2004. I mainly use Ruby on Rails hosted on Heroku. I am the lead programmer for a number of small companies and enjoy contributing to open source projects. I love tracking down bugs and explaining how things work!
English
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Joined October 2014
EXPERTISE
10 years experience | 10 endorsements
This is my main development stack. I maintain a number of Rails projects in Rails 3, 4, 5 and 6
This is my main development stack. I maintain a number of Rails projects in Rails 3, 4, 5 and 6
10 years experience | 3 endorsements
I use the irb console every day
I use the irb console every day
6 years experience
All my new projects use the most recent version of rails
All my new projects use the most recent version of rails
10 years experience
Most of my projects are hosted on Heroku
Most of my projects are hosted on Heroku
10 years experience | 7 endorsements
I love Ruby. It is such an elegant language. The more I use it the more I like it.
I love Ruby. It is such an elegant language. The more I use it the more I like it.
9 years experience | 8 endorsements
I have grown to love jQuery. I use it all the time. I try not to build flashy websites, but jQuery has become a trusted tool.
I have grown to love jQuery. I use it all the time. I try not to build flashy websites, but jQuery has become a trusted tool.
12 years experience | 12 endorsements
I write quite a bit of custom JavaScript code. I've become pretty good a tracking down JS bugs.
I write quite a bit of custom JavaScript code. I've become pretty good a tracking down JS bugs.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(50 reviews)
mac iginiamre
January 2022
Josh went above and beyond to work on this project. Very knowledgeable in Ruby and Rails. Great to work with and excellent communication. Would definitely recommend!
Miles Blackwood Robinson
December 2021
Josh turned my understanding of memory consumption in Rails on its head and helped me see the bigger picture (and get out of the weeds)!
Steve Metzger
September 2021
Josh provided excellent overview of possible issues that I might have and suggested some good solutions to error tracking and code deployment strategies.
Robert
July 2021
Highly recommended!
Kerri OGorman
October 2020
I needed guidance on a project and reached out to Josh. He was an excellent tutor- incredibly patient and is really experienced in Ruby and Rails. He is really great at breaking down concepts and explaining in simple terms. I highly recommend Josh.
Thilina Thebuwana
August 2018
Josh was great, helped me with my problem and thoroughly explained what was going on.
Ryan Johnson
August 2018
Able to help with a conceptually difficult subject at a moment's notice. Great at explaining while coding.
Kirk
June 2018
Extremely helpful, solved my problem. Explained to me what to do and helped me learn how to go about solving problems better on my own. 100% recommend
Rob Mathieu
September 2017
Josh was a big help to my project and explained each section of code we used to give me a better understanding of what is was doing and why we were using it.
Michael Seff
September 2017
Josh is very knowledgable and easy to work with. He takes time to explain things in detail if they are new concepts to you. He helped me with a Ruby on Rails project that needed to be deployed to Heroku, working through a number of bugs. I would definitely recommend him.
SOCIAL PRESENCE
rails_atomic_increment
Allows you to do atomic increments from an instance of a model
Ruby
4
0
refinery_csa_app
A CMS template for CSAs to communicate w/ thier members
CSS
0
1
6239 Reputation
3
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Unminify JavaScript to make it more readable
If you're trying to see what a website is doing with their JavaScript that is minified, you can unminify it to make it easier to...
Make sure to set jQuery events AFTER the object is created
If the url loads #new_div, it probably won't be available the first time this code is executed and the click event won't be bound to the...
Using rescue in Ruby should be a last resort
rescue should only be used for exceptional events, not if you have a nil object. Use the try method or the || operator for most cases
EMPLOYMENTS
Lead Developer
Craft Coffee
2014-12-01-Present
Full stack developer. I maintain the site and add in new features. I also built and maintain an automated system for creating documents...
Full stack developer. I maintain the site and add in new features. I also built and maintain an automated system for creating documents for managing shipping all of the coffee.
Ruby on Rails
jQuery
PostgreSQL
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Ruby on Rails
jQuery
PostgreSQL
Heroku
JavaScript
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