Rewrote my portfolio in React, feedback appreciated.

#showdev #beginners #career

I recently updated my portfolio site portfolio site with with react. I was supersized how quickly I was able to get things going and got to get my feet wet with styled components and CSS Grid, which made life pretty easy.

I am using cloudflare and have noticed that there might be some caching issues so I am hoping to track that down.

Thanks much for checking it out.

Top comments (12)

Meghan (she/her) • Oct 1 '18

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- years' does not have an apostrophe
- too much text when the main container is that wide. make the site thinner or throw in a picture or two

/about
- hyperlinking jackbull328@gmail.com would be a nice touch

/Projects
- inconsistent capitalization on your URLs
- grid of projects is not centered

General
- <title> is still React App
- Expected main head bar John Bull ~ Software Engineer to be a / link, it was not
- the </> would be a nice favicon

Otherwise, I really liked your site!

John Bull • Oct 1 '18

Thanks, much for taking a look, I appreciate your time. It looks like I have a few fit and finish things to get done.

Meghan (she/her) • Oct 1 '18

Glad to help, and good job on the new site 👍

Dávid Szabó • Jan 19 '19

I wonder why everyone uses React and other complicated stuff for their simple static portfolio :) How about a simple html file or even a static page generator which is pure HTML and CSS with a touch of JS?

Anyway you need some extra stuff there it's kind of boring. Home and About should be merged into one page IMO.

John Bull • Jan 20 '19

Thanks for the feedback, I used React to get some more experience with it. I have definitely used different methods as you say, wordpress, end templates, simple html and css. I think that using different techniques is helpful for showing a potential employer yes I have coded something in technology-x. You know I haven't put much on there in a while so maybe it's time to refresh it as you suggest. Thanks much.

Dávid Szabó • Jan 23 '19

That makes sense. But also think about over-engineering :) I'd rather develop some little web apps like todo list, shopping cart demo etc. to showcase some technology. Rather than using it for a simple static page for no reason.

Dávid Szabó • Oct 4 '18 • Edited

Optimize your images. The website itself is 5MB, but for what? You are using huge images and you are display them in 200x200. Fix 'em :)

Shinyuy Marcel • Oct 3 '18

I think your portfolio site is great, though a small profile picture on the home page would make it look even better. I know u got a picture on your about page.