Hi, I'm Mercedes

I'm a born-and-raised Wisconsinite with a BA in Linguistics from UW Madison and a certificate in Full Stack Web Development from UW Extended Campus.

I like rainy days, good books, and any food that I didn't have to make myself!

If you need to create a website or web app, I'd love to help.

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Splurty is a database-powered quote generator made using the Ruby on Rails framework, HTML, and CSS. It uses Git and GitHub for version control, and is launched on Heroku.

This was my first web app I built while in my online web development bootcamp and was my first major step into HTML and CSS.

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Nomster is a Yelp clone that integrates with the Google Maps API and includes features like user comments, star ratings, image uploading, and user authentication.

This was my second guided bootcamp project and first attempt at making the design my own. Creating this app developed my understanding of creating and altering databases.

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Flixter is a two-sided video-streaming marketplace platform that features credit card payment capabilities, user roll management, complex user interfaces, and advanced database relationships.

This guided project was the most complex app I build while in my bootcamp. Making this app sparked my interest to further explore complex database relationships.

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Global Music is a simple Ruby on Rails application created to suggest current hit songs from around the world by connecting with a Spotify API.

This was my final project for bootcamp, and was made to show my ability to connect to an API.

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Grammable is an Instagram clone that was built using industry-standard, test-driven development following numerous red/green/refactor cycles.

This was the first guided bootcamp project to use JavaScript and to implement tests. Writing tests with my mentor throughout this project sparked my interest in both test-driven and behavior-driven development.

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LineUp is single-page to-do application that features a fluid user interface that uses JavaScript to allow users to add dynamic content.

This was the last guided project in my bootcamp. After getting a better handle on JavaScript I plan to rebuild this app to deepen its functionality.

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