About

Hi, I'm Sebastian Laclé - Web Developer.

I have been coding HTML and CSS since 2005 when I was doing my Bachelor degree in Digital Media at University of Central Florida. And I have been making websites with WordPress since 2009 when I was working at CaribMedia.

Nowadays I'm more interested in working with Django and/or React.

You may contact me and find me at:

• Email: info@slacle.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/slacle/
• GitHub: https://github.com/slacle
• UpWork: upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~0154f1cbae5786e0a5/
• Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/4386293/slacle
• WordPress: https://wordpress.org/support/users/slacle/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/_slacle

Latest Work

• CRUD app made with MERN stack.
• Styled with Bootstrap 4

• Simple game made with React.

• Fictional form with specific validation requirements.
• Custom vanilla JS validation.
• Constraint Validation API with native HTML5 validation fallback .

• I turned the design from our designer into a working website.
• I made a custom WordPress theme. That included writing PHP.
• The WP admin was customized with Advanced Custom Fields Pro.
• I used Bootstrap 4 and modified it with my own SCSS files.

• This was a test project for a job application.
• I was given a PSD and I had to turn it into code.
• I used css transitions/animations and jQuery.

• This was a test project for a job application.
• The link above is to a CSS only version, but you can see the source of the Vue.js version at its repository.
• The CSS version contains 3 views: index, single, and profile.
• I was given a series of jpeg images for how the app needed to look on different screen sizes, and I had to turn it into code.
• I was given some tasks to complete, but in general I was free to use any technology I wanted. I chose to use Vue.js. And there was no description as to what the app itself was supposed to do.
• I completed the required tasks, but there is obviously a lot more that could have been done if I wanted, but I didn't have more time.
• Some of the working functionality in the Vue.js version include:
  
  
  • 3 different views. All questions, single question (page for each question), and profile view (page for each user).
  • Searching works.
  • The radio inputs change the questions to a single one from one user that I picked when on "My shelf".
  • The voting of the question itself allows to vote once up and once down.
  • The questions and comments, the users, and some (not all) of the data are loaded dynamically from a JSON file that I created myself.

• This was a test project for a job application.
• The link above is to a static build hosted on GitHub, but you can see the source and instructions for the test by clicking here to download the zip file from my Google Drive.
• In the zip file you will find the readme file which describes what I had to do. In short, the src folder had some things to start with and I had to build on it. Basically the folder structure is what was there and some minimum HTML to get started. I had to do the rest of the HTML using Handlebars.js and all the CSS using Less. The build folder is the compiled output to be used for production.

• This was a test project for a job application.
• The link above is to a static version, but you can see a dynamic version by clicking here to download the zip file from my Google Drive.
• I had to do a tabs component that turns into accordion on smaller screens.
• The dynamic version uses AJAX to load the content on click, so it needs to run on a server environment to work.
• I had to not use absolute positioning for the content, no JS for the tabs/accordion functionality, and it had to support IE9.
• I purposely kept it as simple and with as little markup as possible.

• I was given PSD files of a design and I had to write CSS to recreate the design.
• Inspinia theme was used as a starting template.
• I had to use modern techniques such as Responsive Web Design and required a lot of attention to detail to complete the tasks.
• Here's an empty page to use as a template to create the rest of the pages.

Work Experience

Education

Skills

Technical Skills

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• React and MERN stack
• Python and Django
• WordPress set up, customization, and development
• Experience with Sass, Bootstrap, jQuery
• Exposure to PHP and MySQL
• Git and GitHub
• UX principles and general practices
• Designing, editing, and optimizing graphics for web (Adobe Photoshop)

Soft Skills

• Very organized.
• Very detail oriented.
• Especially those two above, and also any other normal human ability expected of a working professional.

Extra

Languages

• English - advanced/excellent
• Spanish - first language
• Dutch - intermediate
• German - beginner
• Papiamento - native

College Honors

• Member of Phi Theta Kappa - Inducted in May 2005
• President's List - Fall 2002, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2004
• Dean's List - Fall 2001, Fall 2005, Spring 2006

Interests

• 3D, VR/AR/MR/XR, Game Development, IoT, Interactivity - I have played with Blender, Unity3D, Cycling'74 Max, and I have an Arduino.
• Music - I'm a guitarist and keyboardist. I use Cubase, Reason, and several other software to create and record my own music. After college I did a little bit of work at a small recording studio near Orlando, FL.
• Photography and Video - I have a DSLR camera with HD video capabilities which I take out with me often.
• Nature and Science - From animals and plants to stars and storms, I'm fascinated by it all. I like being in nature and learning about science.
• Traveling - I like seeing and learning new things and meeting new people. I have lived in 9 countries and visited over 10 others.
• Sports - Adventure/extreme sports.
• Fun - Juggling.