Welcome to Jennilyn's Development Studio
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My Work

Skills

full stack experience

Java

Java is awesome; I have really enjoyed the challenge of OOP. It's been a blast building back-end applications using the Spring framework, JPA, and Thymeleaf. (Bonus points: Java tastes amazing.)

JavaScript

As a brand new developer I was a bit overwhelmed by the versatility of JS, but as I learned more intimidation turned to appreciation. I have used this language for front-end optimization as well as back-end web apps using Node.js and Express.

HTML and CSS

Strong HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap skills, with exposure to Sass and JQuery. Even though I gravitate toward back-end technologies I have a high regard for front-end. After all, software isn't great without great UI/UX!

Database

Experience building apps using Mongoose, Sequelize, and JPA. Not scared of migrations!

Pair Programming

Plays well with others. Lots of experience building small-scale programs/functions in a small group.

Complex Software

Solid foundation with JetBrains products (IntelliJ and Datagrip) as well as Adobe Creative Suite.

Portfolio

check out some of my work

Gabble

pseudo-twitter

Songbird

search for and play a song

CodeTrapper

store your code snippets

MovieNite

java spring app

Mystery Word

hangman-style game

GitHub Remixed

recreation of my gh profile

Resume

relevant experience

  • 2010-2015

    Boutique Retail Leadership

    Client-focused sales and successful team leadership.

    Team cheerleader at two metro-DC area cosmetics store locations. Promoted from full-time sales to store manager in under 2 years.

  • 2015-2017

    Lead Account Manager

    Superuser of a custom email marketing platform. Client advocate and team cheerleader.

    Cultivated client experience and team engagement. Became in-house expert on our software platform and oversaw a major development addition in 2016. This inspired me to learn programming!

  • Summer 2017

    The Iron Yard

    The Iron Yard is a 12-week coding bootcamp specializing in highly-focused, immersive training centered on language fluency, OOP, and project-based learning.

    Successfully completed the Web-Development Career Path, a full-stack program. During the last third of my training I concentrated on Java development using Spring.

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Hey, I'm Jennilyn

So glad you found me way down here. Thanks for spending a few moments on my site.

Jennilyn Howell

Web Developer and Experienced Team Leader

I'm Jennilyn, a web developer from beautiful Greenville, SC. I love programming, laughing, drinking coffee, and playing with dogs.

Thanks to a crossword-crazy granny I grew up loving puzzles, the strategy involved in tackling them, and the excitement when you finally fill in the last letter or place the last pesky piece. Programming excites me in the same way. Never will I run out of things to learn or puzzles to solve.

Feel free to contact me if I can support your business, whether as a developer or contractor. I look forward to hearing from you!