My name is Cristina
In order to practice what I have learned I have created this website showing some of my projects with the hope to start working as a programmer in the near future.
Books
Collection of books that I have been reading these years. The website has been created using Bootstrap and jQuery. I am still working on it and from time to time I make some changes.
Draw Diary
Webpage created to show some basic paintings made by myself, most of them are based in some youtube videos and using PowerPoint. The website has been created using Bootstrap and AngularJs. I am still working on it and from time to time I make some changes.
Shopping List AngularJS
Shopping list created in AngularJS and Bootstrap to practise part of the course "Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS".
ToDo List
I created this website to practise some Javascript but I am still working on it. It has been created in pure HTML, CSS and JavaScript, without any framework.
GreenFoot Game
This is a game created in Java to practise for the EDX Java course. It is a bit ugly but completely functional.
Arduino (Spanish)
I have created this website to practise Arduino with my nephew and be able to show what we have been doing but I am still trying to convince him. This website is Spanish because I am Spanish and so is my nephew.
Coursera AngularJS
Webpage created in AngularJS for a coursera's project while I was doing the course "Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS".
Coursera AngularJS Assignment 1
First assignment in AngularJS the course "Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS".
Coursera Bootstrap
Project based in Bootstrap made for a coursera's project course for a the course "Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4".
Restaurant
Project made for a coursera's project course.
Personal Portfolio Webpage
Webpage created in basic html and css for a freecodecamp's project.
Technical Documentation Page.
Webpage created in basic html and css for a freecodecamp's project.
Tribute Page
Webpage created in basic html and css for a freecodecamp's project.
Product Landing Page
Webpage created in basic html and css for a freecodecamp's project.
My Favorites
Webpage created in basic html and css for a freecodecamp's project.
Survey Form
Webpage created in basic html and css for a freecodecamp's project.
Survey Form
Webpage created in order to practise basic html and css.
Old Portafolio
Portafolio made in basic HTML and CSS for a freecodecamp's project.
Courses and training
I have always liked computers but it was only a few years ago that I decided to study what I really enjoy. One day I discovered a podcast about a bootcamp where lorry drivers were doing an online course. Every week the teacher made a podcast interviewing his students to check their progress and feelings. In that moment it dawn on me that the reason I enjoyed the podcast so much was because I shared their aspiration of becoming a software developer. So I started planning how to achieve my goal, while keeping my administrative job.
As a Spanish person living abroad (in Northern Ireland), having the right certificates was a barrier to enrolling any higher certificate course. I got my A levels and Higher National Certificate in Financial Business in Spain, and those certificates are not transferrable to UK education scheme, so I couldn´t use them to enroll the courses I needed in UK. Therefore, I decided to take an online Higher National Certificate in computer´s software in Spain, specifically for Development of Multi-Platform Applications.
I decided to follow the typical path and take all the subjects of the first year. Then I realized the workload was too high to balance it with work. The online training did not work well for anyone. The majority of students couldn´t manage to follow the pace of the course, and some teachers lacked the training required to impart the subjects online. After finishing my first year I managed to pass 2 subjects, which did not fulfil my expectations. I also realized that it would very hard to manage travelling to Spain to take the exams, so I decided not to continue with this course and take a different approach. I started some online courses to get the basics of multiplatform programming and decided to retake the higher certificate in Development of Multi-Platform Applications in the future.
Given that the HNCs covered HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, C# and Java, I started with some certificated courses to complement those areas among other languages, frameworks and hibraries, such as:
- Higher Technician in Multi-Platform Applications Development (EQF HNCs) / IES San Vicente, Spain
- Higher Technician in Administration and Finances BTEC Level 4 / SQA Higher National Certificate (HNC) (SCQF Level 7)/ IES Mare Nostrum, Spain (2011 - 2014)
- Microsoft Learning
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 (2020)
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft MTA Software Development Fundamentals 98-361 (2021)
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft MTA Database Fundamentals Certified 98-364 (2021)
- Belfastmet
- Cambridge English Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International (Advanced)
- Cambridge English Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International (First) (2020)
- Coursera
- Single Page Web Applications with AngularJS
- Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4 (2020)
- Introduction to HTML5 (2020)
- Learning How to Learn (2020)
- HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers (2020)
- SoloLearn, where I have learned the basics of:
- SQL Fundamentals (2019)
- Java Tutorial (2019)
- C# Tutorial (2019)
- JavaScript Tutorial (2019)
- PHP Tutorial (2019)
- FreeCodeCamp, which I found very useful and I would recommend to everybody.
- Front End Libraries Certification (300 hours)
- JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification (300 hours) (2021)
- Responsive Web Design Certification (300 hours) (2019)
- EDX course in Java organised by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
- IT.1.3-ESx: Introduction to programming with Java: Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms
- IT.1.2-ESx: Introduction to programming with Java: best practice in coding (2020)
- IT.1.1-ESx: Introduction to programming with Java: programming basics (2020)
- Programming Hub
- Phyton Course 2020 (2021)
- Linkedin Learning.
- Learning Path Become a Web Developer Learning Path
- HTML Essential Training (2020)
- Introduction to CSS (2020)
- CSS Essential Training (2020)
- JavaScript Essential Training (2020)
- Succeeding in Web Development: Full Stack and Front End (2020)
- Workflow Tools for Web Developers (2020)
- Git Essential Training: The Basics (2020)
- Become a SQL Developer
- Web Programming Foundations (2020)
- SQL Essential Training (2020)
- Learning Path Become a Web Developer (19 hours) (2020)
- Programming Foundations: Fundamentals (2020)
- Programming Foundations: Databases (2020)
- Succeeding in Web Development: Full Stack and Front End (2020)
- HTML Essential Training (2020)
- Introduction to CSS (2020)
- JavaScript Essential Training (2020)
- Learning Python (2020)
- Learning Java (2020)
- Learning SQL Programming (2020)
- Programming Foundations: Web Security (2020)
- Learning Path Prepare for the Azure Fundamentals Certification AZ-900 (8 hours) (2020)
- Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts (2020)
- Introduction to Cloud Computing for IT Pros (2020)
- Azure Active Directory: Basics (2020)
- Learning Azure Management Tools (2020)
- Exam Prep: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (2020)
- Learning Path Become a Java Programmer (20 hours) (2020)
- Java 11+ Essential Training (2020)
- Learning Java Applications (2020)
- Java Memory Management (2020)
- Learning JDBC (2020)
- Java Persistence API (JPA): 1 The Basics (2020)
- Java Persistence API (JPA): 2 Inheritance and Querying (2020)
- Cloud-Native Development Using Java with Eclipse MicroProfile (2020)
- Nail Your Java Interview (2020)
- Learning Path Become a React Developer (7 hours) (2021)
- React.js Essential Training (2021)
- React.js: Building an Interface (2021)
- React: Creating and Hosting a Full-Stack Site (2021)
- React: Ecosystems (2021)
- Responsive Layout (2020)
- UX Foundations: Accessibility (2020)
- Learning GitHub (2020)
- User Experience for Web Design (2020)
- Agile Software Development: Remote Teams (2020)
- GitHub for Web Designers (2020)
- Database Clinic: SQLite (2020)
- Electronics Foundations: Fundamentals (2020)
- Introduction to Cloud Computing for IT Pros (2018) (2020)
- Learning Arduino: Foundations (2020)
- Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts (CompTia) (2020)
- MySQL Essential Training (2020)
- Oracle Java Certification: 2. Operators and Decision Statements (2020)
- Prepare for the Azure Fundamentals Certification (AZ-900) (2020)
- GIMP Essential Training (2020)
- Learning Git and GitHub (2020)
- Programming Foundations: Beyond the Fundamentals (2021)
- Learning AngularJS 1 (2021)
- Learning React.js (2021)
- Learning ASP.NET (2021)
- DataCamp.
- Introduction to SQL (2020)
- Web Scraping in Python (2020)
- Code Institute.
- 5 Day Coding Challenge (2020)
- Excel with Business.
- Advanced Excel 2016 (2018)
- Microsoft Word 2007 (2018)
- SharePoint (2018)
- Effective Outlook 2013 (2018)
- PivotTable 2007 (2018)
- Certified level B1 in English by Wlingua (2020).
- Typing Certificate (2019).
I have also used the following resources for self learning purposes:
- Youtube Tutorials
- Udemy
- W3schools
- Greenfoot
- GitHub Guides
I have discovered the webinars in the lockdown and since then I join some of them from time to time and try to learn as much as possible:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Virtual Training Day by Microsoft (February 2021)
- freecodecamp (every Sunday for four hours since July 2020 to December 2020)
- Front-end Bootstrapping #7 by MaestriaJS (August 2020)
- Desarrollo de aplicaciones web y de escritorio - Development of web and desktop applications by Foc Academy (July 2020)
- Programación con base de datos - Data Base Programming by Foc Academy (July 2020)
- Comprension general de desarrollo de Software - General knowledge developing software by Foc Academy (July 2020)
- Introduccion a la programacion orientada a objetos en C# - Introduction to object programming in C# by Foc Academy (July 2020)
- Thinkful Weinar. Intro to Javascritp by thinkful.com (June 2020)
- Women and the future of work: Women and Cibersecurity by Alexandra Feldhausen (June 2020)
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day Fundamentals 900 by Microsoft (June 2020)
These are some of the podcast that I listen and try to learn from them, some are in spanish:
- Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
- React Native Radio
- JS Party: JavaScript & Web Dev
- Developer Tea
- Changelog
- Search Off the Record
- Aprender a programar
- Consultor IT
- Coolest Nerds in the room
- How I built this
- Marketing online
- La tecnologeria radio
- Web reactiva
- Programar es una mierda
- Software Daily
- Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
- Software Engeneering Radio
- No dogma
- Coding Blocks
- The cynical Developer
- Developing up
- All Javascript podcast by Devcat.tv
- Coder Radio
- Front End Happy Hour
- Podfeet
- Complete Developer
- The freeCodeCamp
- Learn to code with me
- The code review
- Coding After Work
- Soft Skills Engineering
- CodeNewbie
- Ted Talks Daily
Let's work together...
There are a few links to contact me