Dafydd is an enthusiastic individual with proven managerial experience, and a customer-focused background in financial services. An effective communicator with strong organisational skills.
Passionate about mentoring and developing others, as well as building his own knowledge and experience. Seeking to establish a career in the Scottish tech industry, areas of interest include FinTech and GIS.
Fluent in Welsh and English.
Glasgow, Scotland
41 / 282 Munros bagged
I'm originally from Aberystwyth, Wales, and now based in Glasgow.
Currently, I'm studying Professional Software Development at CodeClan. I'm new to programming but am thoroughly enjoying the challenge and creative thinking required.
Long-distance backpacking is a real passion of mine - in 2017 I hiked Te Araroa, hiking the entire length of New Zealand - over 3000km. I've walked a few other long trails as well since then, including the Cambrian Way and the Hebridean Way.
One of the main reasons I moved up to Scotland back in 2017 was to enjoy the great outdoors. I'm slowly working my way through the Munros and Corbetts whenever the weather allows!
I love reading. Mainly history, non-fiction and some fantasy here and there. I'm a big George R. R. Martin fan.
If it's a rainy day and I'm not out walking, I would probably be want to be at home, cooking and listening to music, enjoying a coffee.
Here are a few of the things I've been working on recently. Watch this space for updates and check out my GitHub.
Plan your hike on the Scottish National Trail - create routes, track your progress and explore points of interest along the trail. Full-stack app with a Java/Spring RESTful API and a React frontend.
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Travel the globe in this interactive and educational quiz game, where learners can improve their knowledge of flags, capitals, currencies and continents. A full stack web-app build as a group project in Week 8
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Built in a weekend using Vue.js, Leaflet, Google Charts, Open Beer Database API and the RESTCountries API.
Beers can be filtered on the map by style, category, country or brewery. A random beer can also be selected and the map will fly to that location. Further insight and analysis into these categories is given when a beer is selected.
A visual breakdown of the UK's current energy mix, tying together National Grid's Carbon Intensity API and Google Charts
An app which displays country data from the RESTCountries API, built with multiple Vue.js components. Features include search with autocomplete, random country selection, and accessing neighbouring countries.
Currency converter build with JavaScript and Vue which ties together RESTCountries API and ExchangeRatesAPI.io
A to do list built using the Vue.js framework for JavaScript, and Webpack. Users can add items to their list and set the priority of the tasks.
My first front-end application using vanilla JavaScript which allows a shipping company to create and remove orders.
A Reading List app that allow a user to submit items they intend to read later and view them on the page, built using vanilla JavaScript
A spending tracker which offers insights into spending to allow users to better control their finances. First solo CodeClan project, completed in week 5.
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A pizza shop app following RESTful principles which allows you to create, read, update and delete pizza orders. HTML/CSS frontend with Ruby/Sinatra/PostgreSQL backend.
A rock, paper, scissors game using the Sinatra framework. HTML & CSS frontend, Ruby/Sinatra backend.
Product landing page for the boardgame "Scythe", build for freeCodeCamp's Responsive Web Design Certification. Although a fairly simple project it was a useful practice of my HTML, CSS and responsive web design skills.
An example of a technical documentation page, build for freeCodeCamp's Responsive Web Design Certification. For this project I used Michael Stonebank's UNIX Tutorial - please click here to view the original source. Putting this together proved to be an excellent way to cover the material again and build a basic understanding of UNIX.
A survey page built for freeCodeCamp's Responsive Web Design Certification. A simple project to build an understanding of HTML forms, web accessibility and responsive design.
My first (and very basic!) site in many years, a tribute to one of my favourite authors and historians, Tom Holland. This page was created as part of freeCodeCamp's Responsive Web Design Certification and was an excellent simple project to familiarise myself with the basics of HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles.
I'm currently looking for web development opportunities or freelance projects.
If you would like to discuss a project or employment opportunities, please do not hesitate to get in touch.