The latest articles on Forem by Jacob Welling (@jaw1). https://forem.com/jaw1 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F550491%2F223e9ba0-66fd-43a8-9071-ac715ecd648d.jpeg https://forem.com/jaw1 en Jacob Welling Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:21:14 +0000 https://forem.com/jaw1/my-new-portfolio-site-50bd https://forem.com/jaw1/my-new-portfolio-site-50bd <h2> What I built </h2> <p>I built a new portfolio web application with Python/Django. This will help me showcase my work and skills. </p> <h3> Category Submission: </h3> <p>Portfolio Website</p> <h3> App Link </h3> <p><a href="https://www.jacobwelling.me" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.jacobwelling.me</a></p> <h3> Screenshots </h3> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fm58jztqerz72yq39hj9p.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fm58jztqerz72yq39hj9p.png" alt="Alt Text"></a><br> <a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fnahkpdftvewzi18erw4z.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fnahkpdftvewzi18erw4z.png" alt="Alt Text"></a><br> <a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fu6uz6kk958oc7evj4q6f.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fu6uz6kk958oc7evj4q6f.png" alt="Alt Text"></a><br> <a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2F1rcr0y6cpe40y9tom6pe.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2F1rcr0y6cpe40y9tom6pe.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <h3> Description </h3> <p>This Portfolio website was built using Python/Django and deployed on DigitalOcean. It has a resume-like format showing my experience, skills, and education. In addition to this it has cards at the bottom where I can link to my other projects. </p> <h3> Link to Source Code </h3> <p><a href="https://github.com/JAW1/myResume" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/JAW1/myResume</a></p> <h3> Permissive License </h3> <p>MIT License</p> <h3> Background </h3> <p>As a student, it is sometimes hard to differentiate myself from all of the other applicants to different internships or jobs, I really wanted to have a place where I can show people what I have worked on in the past and give them an easy way to see my experience and skills. </p> <h3> How I built it </h3> <p>I first learned how to build Python/Django apps in my Business Programming class. I used what I had learned in that class to begin the creation of my app and get it mostly ready for deployment. In my experience, deploying a Django app can be really difficult. DigitalOcean's tutorial on how to deploy the app made it a lot more manageable. Deploying still took me quite a while because I'm definitely new to this sort of thing, but I really liked their simple way of explaining what I needed to do.</p> dohackathon