I know how hard it is to build developer trust and community because I’ve done it as part of the Community Team at Respoke. I’d love the opportunity to do it again.
##Strong technical writing skills
Take a look at the documentation reorganization I lead at Respoke and a few blog posts and screencasts I produced along the way.
###Documentation
Lead the documentation and reorganization of Respoke’s developer docs along product lines - Client libraries (JavaScript, iOS, Android), Server libraries (Node, Ruby, .NET, PHP, Java) and REST API (JSON).
With a focus on quick Guides, the goal was a clear distinction between Guides, API References and Example Code.
Getting started with Respoke - Respoke Documentation
Get started with Respoke. Quickstart guides, reference documentation, and FAQs for developers. REST | Javascript
###Articles
Thought leadership technical blog post on blog.respoke.io discussing whether Google’s WebRTC adapter.js is a shim or a polyfill and creating a framework for other developers to determine whether a JavaScript library is a shim or a polyfill.
JavaScript: Shim vs Polyfill
I'm currently working on a conference talk about WebRTC. One of the foundations of any WebRTC library is some form of Google's original adapter.js, which seeks to normalize the WebRTC API across various browsers. As I was about to build this particular slide, one question started to whisper in my ear, "Is adapter.js a shim or a polyfill?"
Results?
Google search result rank number three for the topic.
“@corgrath: The best article I have read so far regarding the shim vs polyfill terminology. Thanks :-)”
Fun technical blog post written for blog.respoke.io mashing up two popular concepts: WebRTC and Instagram Filters.
WebRTC Instagram Video Filters
With more than a $1 Billion valuation and over 75 million daily users, Instagram is arguably one of the most popular social networks today. Did you know more than 55 million photos are posted daily on Instagram? Or that the platform sees over 8,500 likes per second?
Thought leadership piece discussing the story of JavaScript told through the eyes of Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey”.
JavaScript and The Monomyth
In his seminal work, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", Joseph Campbell put forth the idea of The Monomyth. The idea is based on the observation that a common pattern exists beneath the narrative elements of most great myths, regardless of their origin or time of creation. Simply put, all of mankind's myriad myths are but variations of a single great story. This is the monomyth and is most commonly expressed as a hero's journey....
###Screencasts
Technical screencast on my favorite uses of the setInterval and setTimeout JavaScript timers.
screencast
Uploaded by Tian Davis on 2015-11-25.
##Strong engineering skills
I ship hiqh quality code. I’ve shipped critical components on both Respoke’s Community Team and Respoke’s Front-End Team. Prior to that, I shipped as a Tech Lead at Nationwide and as a consultant in various industries from banking to education to medical to military simulation and training.
###Apollo HD
Sometimes you get the chance to write the best code of your life when you least expect it. I got that chance at Respoke, a communication PaaS startup built on WebRTC.
As a JavaScript Engineer on the Respoke team, I helped developers see how easily we can add secure video, voice and data communication to our own apps using the power of WebRTC.
We used some of the most innovative front-end technologies of the day, including HTML5, CSS3 (LESS), Jade, Gulp, Bootstrap, JavaScript, ES6, Babel, jQuery, Angular, NodeWebkit, Jasmine, Sinon, SuperTest and Phantom.
And with these, we built Apollo - A powerful Slack competitor that enables team collaboration with chat, screen sharing, live video and voice.
###Respoke Sample Project
Wrote a production-ready sample application showing developers how to use key use cases of Respoke, like Brokered Authentication, Audio Management, Video Management, Data Management, Presence, CallerId and automated tests to make sure the the code sample is always accurate.
respoke/the-interview-backbone
the-interview-backbone - Demo application of how to use Respoke
###Respoke Server Libraries
Wrote Respoke PHP and Respoke Java server-side libraries.
respoke/respoke-php
respoke-php - PHP serverside library for the Respoke REST API
respoke/respoke-java
respoke-java - Java serverside library for the Respoke REST API
###Open Source Contributions
Contributed a critical bug fix to Respoke.js which prevented screen sharing from working in Firefox and Chrome.
respoke/respoke
respoke - Respoke JavaScript Browser/Client Library
Contributed fixes to the respective browser plugins.
respoke/respoke-firefox-screen-sharing-extension
respoke-firefox-screen-sharing-extension - A base Firefox extension for enabling screen sharing from your domain using respoke
Lead the reorganization and documentation of the Respoke docs to what you see today.
respoke/docs
Contribute to docs development by creating an account on GitHub.
Extracted Caramel from a Respoke internal tool I built to facilitate cross-platform rendering of Respoke’s responsive transactional emails in the various email clients (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Mobile, etc).
tiandavis/caramel
caramel - Caramel: A responsive HTML email framework
Contributed Yahoo email client fixes upstream to Salted which eventually became the baseline for Respoke’s and Caramel’s responsive email framework.
rodriguezcommaj/salted
salted - Salted: A responsive email template
##Community Leadership
I believe in servant leadership and have always served the developer community first and my interests second.
###Community Contributions
Demonstrated both patience and empathy while managing external contributors to both Respoke’s open source chan_respoke library and developer documentation.
Added Channel Variables and AMI Event for Respoke Session by gcareri · Pull Request #9 · respoke/chan_respoke
Added two new features: Set of Asterisk Channel Variables related to the Respoke Session AMI (Asterisk Manager Interface) new Event 'respoke_session' in order to show the Respoke Session informat...
###Community Advocacy
In addition to helping developers make progress with Respoke.js, I also acted as an advocate on their behalf; Relaying ease of use issues to the right development team.
Sending JSON via sendMessage method
I am trying to figure out how to send a JSON object via the client's sendMessage method so that my app can send data back and forth between two different clients. The docs only cover how to send a plain string so I have been stabbing in the dark so far.
###Developer Talks
Toured the east coast, introducing developers to WebRTC - a powerful HTML5 API for encrypted peer-to-peer Voice, Video and Data communications.
WebRTC: Unicorns, Narwhals and The Real-Time Web
You probably don't know WebRTC as much as you think. I'm not surprised. WebRTC is both amazing and terrifying. No real standards exist between browser vendors. How to integrate WebRTC the right way? WebRTC is but one ingredient to a successful real-time web recipe.
Along with the talk, distributed a small sample signaling app using Node, Socket.IO showing developers how to get started with WebRTC quickly.
tiandavis/native-webrtc-node-socket.io-signaling
native-webrtc-node-socket.io-signaling - Sample app showing how to use the HTML5 WebRTC API
Another talk focused on the story of JavaScript as seen through the eyes of the Hero’s Journey itself.
JavaScript and The Monomyth
JavaScript and The Monomyth explores the story of JavaScript as you've never seen before. Learn more about The Monomyth. Dig deeper into the story of JavaScript: https://tiandavis.com/thoughts/posts/javascript-and-the-monomyth
##What’s next exactly…?
I’d love to learn more about the position, the team and the company. Go ahead, email me and we’ll continue the conversation.