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About

Hiya! My name is Kristin, I am a web developer living in Austin, Texas who enjoys trying out new technologies and paradigms that stretch my brain. I am an analytical and curious thinker who strives to build useful but maintainable web applications.

Please explore my projects and let me know if you have any feedback! I'm excited about any opportunities to grow as a web developer and a person.



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Projects

burger menu app, with one column indicating available burgers and one column indicating burgers eaten.
Antarctic Newsmore_vert
Heroku GitHub
Antarctic Newsclose

A news site for Antarctic residents. All the hot happenings around the ice continent!


Technologies used:
React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Express.js, Materialize.css

New York Times Article Search query box
Homonym Helpermore_vert
GitHub
Homonym Helperclose

A Node.js command line app that checks a file for use of similar sounding words, e.g. “there”, “their”, or “they're”.


Technologies used:
Node.js, Inquirer.js

A project management app depicting a board with three tasks lists, with task cards within each list.
Get It Togethermore_vert
Heroku GitHub
Get It Togetherclose

A Trello clone. Allows authenticated users to work on teams and assign tasks.


Technologies used:
React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Express.js, Passport.js, Materialize.css

memory game app based on standard emoji themes
Emoji Arcademore_vert
Heroku GitHub
Emoji Arcadeclose

(Group Project) A full-stack, 1980s arcade-themed web app featuring an Emoji memory game. Features three difficulties and some surprises on the game board!


Technologies used:
jQuery, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, MySQL/Sequelize, Node.js

Obscura Scraper app, with buttons depicting place names to search
Obscura Scrapermore_vert
Heroku GitHub
Obscura Scraperclose

A web scraper app that displays place snippets from Atlas Obscura and allows users to comment on places.


Technologies used:
Node.js, Express.js, jQuery, Mongoose.js, MongoDB, Cheerio, Materialize.css

a movies app that depicts a search box and describes how the engine searches Twitter to create a rating
Movies by the Massesmore_vert
Heroku GitHub
Movies By the Massesclose

(Group Project) An app that uses Twitter, IMDB, and sentiment analysis to find out how people are feeling about current or popular movies.


Technologies used:
jQuery, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Firebase, Twitter API, OMDB API





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