About

My name is Anda Bardeanu and this is my
personal website

I've been working as a freelance web programmer for over 5 years; most of my projects are subcontracted - usually Magento custom modules or web applications based on ExtJS.

I have over 3 years experience with Magento - my first Magento project was in done in May, 2008 (3 months after the first stable release); I've done over 25 magento custom modules/extension.

I currently live in The Hague, Netherlands - I moved to Netherlands in October 2009; I know a bit of Dutch, I'm still learning the language.

My specialties are:

• making custom modules (extensions), data import/export (products, customers, orders, etc.) scripts, (SOAP) integration with various web services (logistics, crm, financial, etc.) for Magento Platform; migrating from osCommerce to Magento (including custom options, custom attributes, product relations)
• developing (rich) web applications using ExtJS library/jQuery and Zend Framework/Silex
• Web Services- APIs Integration (SOAP, REST, XML-RPC)
• CMS solutions based on WordPress (including custom plugins/widgets development)

My Skills

Area of expertise: Web Development - LAMP stack (6 years +)

Summary of Skills

• object oriented programming
  • OOD, design patterns; MVC frameworks: Zend Framework/Silex; automated testing (unit/integration/functional): PHPUnit, Selenium; ORM: Doctrine; Template Engine: Twig
• ability to work with third party code (customization, extension development), including open source solution for:
  • E-Commerce - Magento
  • CMS/Blog - SilverStripe, WordPress
• web services (api) development and integration
  • SOAP, REST, XML-RPC

Main Technical Skills

• Programming Languages:

  • PHP5 (OOP); MVC frameworks used: Zend Framework/Silex; Automated Testing: PHPUnit, Selenium; ORM: Doctrine; Template Engine: Twig
  • JavaScript - advanced: AJAX - JSON, closures, prototype inheritance, event-driven programming; libraries: jQuery, ExtJS, Prototype. Backbone.js
  • familiar with Java and Android

• DBMS:

  • Relational: MySQL, SQLite
  • Document-Based: MongoDB

• Web Services, APIs

  • REST, SOAP, XML-RPC

  Some of the web services I've used:

  • Oracle Siebel CRM on Demand, Paypal, iDEAL (Buckaroo/Ogone), MailPlus, AfterPay, GoogleBase, Authorize.net, Google Checkout

• Markup/Stylesheet Languages:

  • XML (including XPath, XML Schema; DOM, SAX)
  • (X)HTML
  • CSS

• Development Platform, Tools:

  • OS: Linux (Ubuntu; incl. bash shell scripting)
  • IDE/Editor: eclipse/komodo/vim
  • Version Control: SVN, Git
  • Automated Testing : PHPUnit, Selenium
  • Build tool: ant
  • Project Management: Redmine

My Interests

• Java and Android - I plan to develop an android app that integrates with magento (for order processing)
• Building REST based web services
• Linux
• Python and Django

Reading List (books):

• Android in Action
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code