Looking for junior PHP developer?
Hi, I am Andrej Buday! I am a junior web developer. This is my portfolio website showing the projects that I have been working on this year. I am looking for a position as a junior PHP developer. If you think I might me a suitable candidate for your company, please do not hesitate to come to me and I will be glad to give you a better insight about my background and skills. I am available to start asap.
Projects Last update: 2016 Oct. 26

Data Science curriculum Preparing...
Problem: I would like to become a Data Scientist. There are many available online resources for studying. How to pick up the right one and guide through the material?
Solution: To track my progress I created table containing all available online Data Science curriculum and their comparison. It is possible to visualize progress and export it for further update.
#PHP, #JSON

Article Generator Preparing...
Problem: I am writing travel blog as hobby and I was looking for faster way how to write articles.
Solution: I created Article generator which generate standardized and unified article form. Article generator support few tweaks which improves overall quality and uniqueness of every generated article.
#PHP, #open-data, #Bootstrap

RSS reader
Problem: I was looking for an effective solution allowing me to read multiple RSS sources and in the same time highlighting articles containing specific keywords.
Solution: I developed a custom RSS Reader based upon PHP + MySQL and an open-source RSS parser Simple-Pie. The RSS Reader has some custom features that makes it unique from any other freely available solution.
#PHP, #MySQL, #JS, #Bootstrap, #OOP, #PDO, #open-source, #Simple-Pie

Seed project
Problem: I was looking for fast way how to record and manage personal finances. I did not want to use any free service for security and scalability issue.
Solution: I chose to develop my own solution with custom user management as a part of learning PHP development. Later I decided to develop also a time tracking and bug reporting tool. Project Seed is currently a multiple user solution sharing single account.
#PHP, #MySQL, #JS, #Bootstrap, #user-management, #user-administration

Tests for novice drivers
Problem: Improving the blog experience with tests for novice drivers.
Solution: Simple PHP + MySQL testing solution.
#PHP, #MySQL, #Bootstrap

1Searchform
Problem: I realized that searching through many travel portals for finding the cheaper air fare is very time consuming. I wanted to reduce repetitive form fill-up and thus cut the search time.
Solution: I have developed a single form that injects data into multiple search engine portals and cut time significantly.
#PHP, #JS, #Bootstrap

Event sign up form
Problem: During my stay in Germany working as a European Volunteer at Jugendbildungsstätte Unterfranken I wanted to show my hosting organization what I am capable as web developer.
Solution: I designed a registration form for organizing events, to help my NGO to improve in terms of times and efficiency the way they organize non - profit events. Project is only small demo due limited time for build.
#PHP, #Bootstrap

Portfolio Preparing...
Problem: I would like to demonstrate my coding skills.
Solution: I created my portfolio page.
#PHP, #Bootstrap
Skills
Software development
PHPI am most experienced in PHP development; it is my language of choice. I build my own applications, hacks and programs based on PHP lanugage. I focus solely on PHP for last 2 years. I currently learn Laravel framework.
SQL & dataI like to work SQL databases and structured data. I have experience with programs such as IBM Cognos BI, Oracle Workbench, MS Access, phpMyAdmin, Adminer. I have experience with processing various data formats (XML, EXCEL, JSON, CSV).
JavaScriptI have experience with development and implementation of small jQuery plugins or simple JavaScript code.
HTML, CSS & WordPressMy first touch with web was at elementary HTML course in 2002. Since than I started making websites for me and my clients. It audited me to my first job in IBM. I have professional experience with markup languages (HTML, XHTML, HTML5), CSS (Bootstrap, Foundation, {less}, Sass) and graphic programs (Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw). I am able to create in WordPress any custom theme with various functionality.
Java & PythonMy first touch with Java and Python began on the end of the year 2015.
Linux, OSX, Windows
I was Windows user until spring 2015 when I installed first time dual-boot with Ubuntu. Since start of the 2016 I am macOS user.
GIT & SVN Version
I love Git! I am using private GitLab installation for my projects. I used SVN during my work for IBM.
Others
C, VHDL, Matlab experience during university studies. In 2015 I studied longer Ruby on Rails framework.
IDEsPHPStorm, Dreamweaver, Eclipse
Spoken languages
English language - C1 - activeEnglish language is my working language. I use it daily in work and private life. I provided technical documentation translation services.
Slovak language - C2 - active - mother tongueSlovak language is my mother tongue
Czech language - C1 - passiveStrong cultural influence since my youth.
German language - B2 - activeBetween 2015 and 2016 I was for a year EVS volunteer in Unterfranken.
Dutch language - A1 - passiveIn 2011 I lived half a year in the Netherlands. I took language course at Utrecht University and compulsory language course at TUDelft.
Driving licenses
A,B,C,T