Johnathan Verstraaten

Frontend Developer & Designer

I'm Johnathan Verstraaten, a 17-year-old Christian home-schooling student with a strong passion for programming and web design. I currently work part-time as a freelance web developer alongside my A-Levels.

In addition to programming, I also enjoy photography, especially of animals. Some of my work can be found on my photography site.

Resume

Work Experience
1. January 2022 - Present
  
  Fullstack Developer • JVKStudios
  
  In January 2022, I joined JVKStudios as a Fullstack Developer, collaborating with the designer to create a website. Initially developed in PHP, I migrated the technology stack to Node.js, with React powering the frontend.
  
  This freelance project, my first and currently ongoing, is set to be completed by January 2025.
Education
1. 2021 - Present
  
  Secondary Education • Home-schooled
  
  Between 2021 and 2023, I completed 8 subjects in IGCSE, earning 4 A*'s and 3 A's. Notably, I achieved A*'s in both Mathematics and Computer Science. The following year, I successfully completed A-Level Computer Science with an A* and AS Mathematics with a B.
  
  During this time, I also acquired programming and web development skills from various online resources, and my foundation in Python came from my IGCSE and A-Level Computer Science courses.
  
  Currently, I’m studying Edexcel A-Level Biology and Physics, aiming to complete my studies by June 2025. Afterward, I plan to continue my education at university, pursuing a degree in Computer Science.
Skills

Projects

work open source personal

JVKStudios

Fullstack Developer • 2022 - 2024

My first freelance project, a music composer's website. It features a media page including an audio and video player. The site has a secure and custom-made content management system built with Node.js, and Cloudflare's D1 & R2 databases.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
get-current-age

NPM Package • 2023

My first, and at the moment only, JavaScript package published to NPM. This package calculates the number of years that have passed since the date passed to the function. Useful for automatically updating ages and number of years since a specified date.

JavaScript
JVPhotography

Fullstack Developer & Designer • 2024

My photography site features an original design built with Astro and Sass. I built a custom content management system for managing folders and images in the gallery, making use of Cloudflare's D1 database. The site is deployed to Cloudflare Pages.

HTML, TailwindCSS, JavaScript, Astro