Jared Taylor | Professional Portfolio

18 Dec 2020

Engineering Software I love the term “Software Engineering”, because anything sounds more impressive when “engineer” is added to the title. I originally wanted to be an audio “engineer”, which is a very kind way to describe a starving artist working...

Software Engineering

03 Dec 2020

The number one idea I associate with Software Development is writing code. I think most software developers’ success depends on their ability to envision a task broken down into the pieces that will be required to make it work and...

Soft Dev

08 Oct 2020

Semantics of Semantic UI Semantic UI is an aptly named tool that provides many shortcuts to implementing a variety of elements in HTML by using easily-understood labels that clearly describe their purpose. I feel like the “semantic” aspect of Semantic...

Semantic

Framework

HTML

CSS

24 Sep 2020

Clear and Concise In a previous essay, I shared how I enjoy writing code in as few lines as possible, something that as been made easier than ever before with the introduction of the Underscore library. I’ve been greatly enjoying...

Standards

Coding

Javascript

10 Sep 2020

Knowing your audience In my mind, there are two types of questions that a successful IT professional should be good at asking: questions in laymens’ terms (for example, asking for details of an issue a client might be experiencing) and...

Questions

Answers

StackOverflow

03 Sep 2020

Creating something new One of the most satisfying feelings to me is to invest hours in a creative project, slowly come to life, and then be able to sit back and feel proud of the result. This process is what...

Temporary

02 Sep 2020

My first script-reading When I started my college education, I was sure I wanted to be an audio engineer and work in a recording studio. However, by the second semester of my freshman year, I had realized I would prefer...

Scripting

Programming

Developement