Hi, I’m Craig Freeman, a front-end engineer and organizer of the Denver Code Club in sunny Colorado. I write scalable, maintainable code to create clean, consistent and effective user interfaces by utilizing the latest industry trends.
Craig Freeman
Front-End Engineer
Design
My graphic media background has instilled in me an eye for design, rhythm, and cleanliness. I’m an advocate for consistent themes and I appreciate intuitive interfaces, both of which lend themselves to an enjoyable user experience. As needed, I am able to make revisions to design mockups and wireframes.
Front-End
I create progressively-enhanced web sites and single-page applications by adhering to the CSS Guidelines. My scalable Sass styles, object-oriented JavaScript and application of responsive web design principles marries data with design for optimized communication. This positions me as a seamless bridge between design and the back-end.
Back-End
Whether writing routes for API endpoints, leveraging an ORM, or manually retrieving data from MySQL, my experience with Node.js and MVC frameworks, such as Laravel, gives me a clear perspective on how to best provide data to the front-end.
Portfolio
Articles
Cold Snap: Temperature Reporting IoT Device
I was visiting Vancouver on October 14th, 2019, when the temperature in Denver dropped into the 30s and the city had its first snowfall of the season. I arrived back home that evening and the next morning I went to work. Around 5pm, my neighbor texted me a photo of my backyard, saying “you have… More
Circuit Breakers for Node.js Microservices
Earlier this month I had the privilege of giving a talk at the 2018 Node+JS Interactive held in Vancouver, BC. The talk was about using the circuit breaker design pattern inside Node.js APIs in a microservices context. Though I’ve been pretty actively speaking at Denver Code Club events for several years, this was my first… More
FluentConf 2018 Review
Back in April of this year I responded to a tweet from O’Reilly by tweeting my own advertisement for FluentConf, their annual web conference: Send me to #FluentConf and #VelocityConf! I can’t wait to see everyone, including @scottdavis99, @doctorow, @holtbt, and @kyleshevlin. Do yourself a favor and grab a #SuperBronze pass: https://t.co/HDBvzAbbJW — Craig (@craigfreeman)… More