Wesley Franks
Let's Build
Welcome to my corner of the web! I’m an IT enthusiast who loves tackling problems with code. I've been in IT for over 10 years. Mostly helpdesk but recently I have been able to lead a team to help clients with their IT needs. As I began starting a family I decided to take a step back to find a way to stay home to be with my daughter and my wife. As I've taken my professional break I've studied and received certifications and learned how to get back into the job market looking for a remote job. I've since learned it's not as easy as it used to be.
What I enjoy:
- Building webapps to solve problems
- Learning new things
- Diving deep into a problem focusing all my brain power on it
- Creating content and making videos
- Having great conversations
When I’m not coding, you might find me brainstorming my next project or writing blog posts about what I’m learning. I’m always on the lookout for new challenges and awesome collaborations.
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Timeline
Today
Portfolio
>1 yearA website (this website) that showcases my Portfolio and provides a way for others to get in touch with me. Published using github actions and built in VSCode using ReactJS + Vite. Which is hosted on Netlify. Credit to ForrestKnight (yes there are two "r"s) for the idea and YouTube Tutorial.
WebReactTailwindCSSVitenpm
Today
NetTakeHome
>1 yearI created this app from complete scratch using what I learned from the password generator styling as it is simple. I was always trying to find a net salary calculator and could never find one that was what I needed. So, I decided to create one. This app calculates net take home of a gross salary and includes applicable taxes per state.
https://wesleyfranks-nettakehome.netlify.app/
WebReactTailwindCSSVitenpm
2024
ToDo WebApp
<1 yearThis web app was created as a tutorial project. I adapted the ability to add todo with the enter key. Adjusted it from an input to a textarea that allows for more text.
https://wesleyfranks-reactjs-todo.netlify.app/
WebReactCSSVitenpm
2023
Password Generator
2 yearsThis web app was created as a tutorial project that I adapted a feature for creating random word phrase based passwords using a random word generating API. I created this to solve a problem I saw with password generators not building phrase based passwords.
https://wesleyfranks-passgen.netlify.app/
WebReactTailwindCSSVitenpm
2015
Keep Recipe
8 yearsA mobile app written in Java at first. It then was re-written in Kotlin for Android. I then found someone ot help with iOS using swift. The web app was planned for after finalizing mobile. A recipe app, think instagram but for recipes and reviews were similar to ebay reviews after buying a product. The idea behind this app was to allow you to build up a certain amount of recipes then you could order a volume 1 or recipes. As you grew your recipes and adapted others to become your own you could create a volume 2. These Keep Recipe volume cook books would have memories attached to the recipes you created. As most recipes are family recipes and have memories attached to them.
Android/iOS/WebKotlinSwiftFirebase
2013
TagSpots
2 yearsThis app was only in development but it was meant to be a map based app that allowed you to generate spots that you tag and leave reviews, comments, etc. to help people find certain spots for camping, geocaching, etc.
AndroidJava
2012
Stormy
2 yearsAn android app that used the Dark Sky API to get weather. This was a tutorial project however, I adjusted this to allow using Zip codes to search for weather in your area. I also adjusted the UI to different color themes based on the temperature.
AndroidJava
