Shaun A.

An independent UK software developer, with extensive real-world experience and expertise in a wide variety of tools and technologies, new and old. My skill-set is larger than I could possibly enumerate here, and it is constantly expanding. Software design, development and implementation; web and graphics design, system/network planning, security and administration all undertaken. I generally don't expect payment prior to completion of a project, nor require commitment to Escrow -- unless we agree on milestones. I'm flexible, and I know that every project has different requirements and demands. I don't claim to be the cheapest offering, but I guarantee excellent value for money and a high quality end product/service. Invest in quality, scalability, portability, and reliability, and you'll save money in the long run. -- Unix (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, GNU/Linux), Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP, Cisco IOS. Web and graphics design; cross-platform, multi-browser W3C-compliant HTML/DHTML/XHTML and CSS. Extensive JavaScript and DOM experience, and in particular, expertise in Mozilla Firefox extension development (including XPCOM). Experience with AJAX and "web 2.0" favoured technologies, including various popular libraries and tool collections. Intimately familiar with the capabilities, quirks, and features of the various mainstream web browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari, Links, Lynx. Perl, PHP 4 and 5, Unix shell scripting, C/C++, x86 and SPARC assembly, SDL, GTK, POSIX APIs, the Win32 APIs, standard SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Berkeley make, GNU make. Notable Perl modules: DBI, Catalyst::*, LWP::UserAgent, WWW:Mechanize, MIME::Lite, Net::FTP, the Template Toolkit, YAML. I employ the use of object-orientated programming where it makes sense, and try to utilise good design paradigms, building upon existing technology as appropriate. At the same time, I enjoy building things from the ground up -- ignore what's been done before and reinvent the wheel -- only better, more efficient, or more secure! I possess a mastery of Regular Expressions. Graphics design and development -- Abobe Photoshop, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Caligari trueSpace 3D, GNU GIMP. Typically this merely complements the technical work I perform -- I rarely undertake purely graphics/design orientated contracts. I am a developer with the FreeBSD project, and a regular contributor to open-source projects in general.