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. As the Front-end Developer for a Ruby on Rails payment application, I’m in charge of providing our users with an intuitive, reliable interface.
VersaPay Website |
VersaPay Payment App
ActiveAdmin Gem
ActiveAdmin is an open source project started by @gregbell to make it incredibly easy for developers to build beautiful, powerful admin interfaces for Rails apps. This is currently my favourite project to work on; I have the opportunity to design and develop features for a project that makes life much easier for both developers and end-users.
ActiveAdmin Website |
ActiveAdmin on Github |
ActiveAdmin Demo
BC Liquor Locator
BC Liquor Locator is an app I built in my spare time to solve a problem had by many British Columbians: finding the closest open liquor store. This is my first attempt to promote and market my own product, the process continues to provide me with opportunities to learn more about technology, design and people.
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.
