Web Development

Ever since I was a young kid, I always liked to create. I would come up with a wild and crazy idea then start to figure out what I would need to make that idea come to life. I satisfied this need at first through woodworking; then more recently through programming. I find it very motivating to think what I will be able to create with only a computer, some programming skills, and a lot of hard work and determination.

The word 'app' can mean a lot of a different things to different people. Most people when they hear the word app think of a phone app. When I use the word app, I mean a web app. One of the main differences between the two types of apps is the programming languages that go into building them. With native phone apps, they are usually built with specialized languages - either Java for Android or Swift for iOS. With a web app, they can be built with a variety of languages, but most importantly for me, they can be built with the webpage triad - HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

The field of app development includes a lot of different technologies. To make things easier for me, I decided early on in my journey that I would focus on technologies built with JavaScript. Three of the technologies that meet that criteria and that I use most often when developing my apps are: Node, Vue, Nuxt. All of these three technologies were used to develop this website.