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Warehouse - The Future of PyPI

UI Visual Design CSS/SCSS

Warehouse is the next generation Python Package Repository, designed to replace the legacy code base that currently powers PyPI.

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Introduction to Django - An O'Reilly Screencast

Django Education

Introduction to Django is a 40 part video series walking new developers through how to set up, develop, test and deploy a fully functional Django web application.

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Connect

Django TDD BDD HTML CSS/SCSS UI Visual Design

Connect is a moderated web application that helps people connect with each other based on skills, interests and location. Connect is currently in development and due for a full-feature release in 2018.

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BPCLEtool

UI Visual Design JS/Jquery CSS/SCSS

BPCLEtool is a web application that helps health organisations improve and maintain clinical education best practices. Originally developed for the Victorian Department of Health, BPCLEtool is used by hundreds of health organisations across Australia.

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Skills & Interests

Professional

I am a designer-developer based in Perth, Scotland, leading and managing the UX and UI team at PeopleDoc.

I am motivated by the desire to create great user experiences and beautiful, maintainable code.

My skills include:

  • HTML
  • SCSS / CSS
  • Django / Python
  • Testing (Unit Testing, BDD with Behave)
  • User Interface Design
  • Visual Design
  • User Testing
  • Project Management

I love extending my current knowledge and learning new things. For example, recently I've been learning to build small applications with Vue.js.

Personal

I enjoy cooking and baking, and have a particular penchant for home-made bread, sweet treats and international cuisine.

I enjoy travel, having spent extended periods in India (on a student exchange), and Europe. In my spare time I work on improving my French language skills.

Writing

Talking about PyPI on podcast.__init__ 21st August, 2019 EuroPython Keynote - PyPI: Past, Present and Future 26th July, 2018 PyPI User Research 22nd July, 2018 Accessibility on Warehouse (PyPI) 17th May, 2018 My guest appearance on the Talk Python to Me podcast 27th April, 2018 User Testing Warehouse 13th March, 2018 Interview Series - UX & UI at PeopleDoc 10th August, 2017 Presenting Warehouse at PyCon France 16th October, 2016 Presenting at DjangoCon Europe 16th April, 2016 Designing Warehouse - An Overview 31st December, 2015 Learning Python, Learning French - My Talk from PyConFr 14th December, 2015 My First DjangoCon 15th June, 2015 Beginning BDD with Django - Part Two 19th March, 2015 Beginning BDD with Django - Part One 16th March, 2015 Tutorial : Implementing Django Formsets 6th January, 2015 2014: My Year of Python 29th December, 2014 You Are Not Your Code 18th December, 2014 On Creativity 18th November, 2014

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Get In Touch!

I am available for new design and development work via my consulting company, Kabu Creative. To discuss a particular project, please contact me at n.harris [at] kabucreative.com.

I tweet @nlhkabu - feel free to say "hi"!