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Professional Experience and Skills |
A bit more about me I am a recent graduate of the University of East Anglia. I grew up in Hertfordshire, gained good qualifications at school but spent some time deciding what career path I wanted to take. Always having an active interest in computing, I decided to start working in IT while I was thinking about my future. I was successful in my subsequent job but later made the decision to attend university to further my career prospects. My successful graduation has led me into a career in professional software development. My ambition is to nurture my organisation, Intelligent Architectures, to serve businesses with systems solutions, develop popular web and mobile applications, and produce compelling technologies. Outside of work my hobbies include music (I play guitar and a few other instruments), drawing, films, wandering about the countryside and generally enjoying life! Professional Opinions Why use Java for the web? The reason I predominantly use Java for web applications is twofold: Firstly due to the favourability of Java in programming courses I am more familiar with the Java development platform, including Java Servlet and JSP technologies. Secondly Java is about as portable, open and compatible as you can get in the world of software. Java based web applications are highly portable across a range of servers and databases. Competing technologies such as Microsoft's .NET framework have some drawbacks. From the point of view of myself as a developer the availability of quality documentation and development tools is problematic and Java provides more scope for easy integration with other systems. However, I realise that there are many reasons to use different platforms online and that they all have their strengths and weaknesses. I believe my fundamental understanding of internet protocols and software architecture provides a strong basis for transferring my skills, and I am familiar with the structure of most of the major web platforms and constantly learning new things. What technologies are you interested in? I take an active interest in a large range of technologies and have a very broad knowledge of computing. Areas that are particularly of interest at the moment are:
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