Matt Vague
I’m a Front-end Developer from Vancouver, Canada. I create beautiful, responsive application interfaces.
Skills, Abilities & Experience
Ruby on Rails Development
3 years experience developing e-commerce, social network, and back-office apps with Rails.
Writing clean, reliable code with TDD
Experience writing code from the outside-in using RSpec, Cucumber and Jasmine.
Designing beautiful app interfaces
Although primarily a developer, I also have strong interface design skills.
Javascript Development
4 years experience creating rich web app interfaces with Javascript, jQuery and Backbone.
Creating pixel-perfect app interfaces
Experience using the latest CSS3 techniques to create pixel-perfect interfaces.
Contributing to open source projects
Core team member of ActiveAdmin, and contributor to several other projects.
VersaPay Payment App
VersaPay is a publicly traded Canadian company making it easier for businesses to pay each other. My role at VersaPay is a Front-end Developer and during my time here I've developed the Front-end of a Rails payment application using HAML, SASS, Javascript and Ruby.
VersaPay Website |
VersaPay Payment App
ActiveAdmin Gem
ActiveAdmin is an open source project started by a co-worker (@gregbell) to make the creation of sexy, powerful admin interfaces for Rails apps stupid-easy. My role on ActiveAdmin is designing & building new features, smashing bugs and answering support questions.
ActiveAdmin on Github |
ActiveAdmin Demo
BC Liquor Locator
BC Liquor Locator is an app built in my spare time to solve a problem had by many British Columbians: finding the closest open liquor store. BC Liquor Locator consists of a native iPhone App, Ruby on Rails back-end, Mechanize scraper, and Backbone.js Mobile App (in beta).
View it in App Store |
Website |
Mobile App beta
About Me
Born and raised in Vancouver, I've always loved designing and building things. My dad is a high school technology / robotics / computer teacher and my mom is an artist, naturally I've ended up somewhere in-between with skills & abilities from both worlds.
Aside from my work I love listening to the Blues, playing my guitar, snowboarding, wakeboarding and traveling to sunny places. I also enjoy working with my hands; so far I've built my own wakeboard, rebuilt a dirtbike engine and plan to one day to build my own guitar.
