About

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Who we are

Julien:

(Me) A front-end (HTML5-CSS, JavaScript) and back-end Web developer.

Julie:

(My wife) A front-end (HTML5-CSS) Web developer. You can see her portfolio at http://juliedesforges.com.

Our Story

I've always been interested in graphic arts and computers. So, back in 2006, it was a natural move for me to go study in computer graphics, at Compétences 2000, Laval.

During my course, i took quite a few (webdesign and front-end) freelance gigs for a small web shop in Laval. I've read a lot about HTML & CSS during that time. But i wanted to do more than just basic front-end integration. So i took some reading about PHP, JavaScript and Ruby to study during my long bus rides to school. At that point, i got familiar with the languages syntax, but didn't actually made something tangible with them.

Right after (the exact same day, really) i finished my computer graphics course, i started another course in Web development and e-commerce, in Montreal. That's where i learned the basics of programming and got my first experiences coding website back-ends with PHP and front-end interactions with JavaScript.

During that time, through a series of contacts, i was introduced to the CloudRaker Agency. I did some freelance work for them. And by the end of my course, i needed a place to do my internship, and to my delight, CloudRaker kindly offered me to take me as an intern. I really liked working there. Right after my internship, they hired me full time. My job title was: Web Developer. I was really proud :-). I was building and maintaining CMSes in PHP and Python (with Django). I really enjoyed my time at CloudRaker. They are a truly amazing team.

But at some point i realized that i prefered to work solo, at home. So i took some freelance gigs from the contacts i had. And eventually, Julie was interested in learning how to code, so i thought her some HTML and CSS, which she learned pretty fast. And eventually she started helping me with the front-end integration on the websites i was working on.

After 2 years in Montreal, we moved to Sherbrooke. We still work remotely for our clients that are in Montreal, doing some back-end and front-end development. And we are having a blast.

Our Services

• Front-end integration: We do all of our front-end (user interface) programming with semantic HTML and cross-browser CSS and JavaScript. Yes, we use and love jQuery. And Yes, we test thoroughly in Internet Explorer.
• Back-end development: We’re proud to use the very best tools to create highly efficient and simple Web applications. Whether it’s with Sinatra, Ruby on Rails or WordPress, we choose the right tools to deliver the results on time and budget.

We ♥ open source

Take a look at the open source code i'm crafting in my GitHub profile.

The technologies we use

• Languages
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • CoffeeScript
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
• (most used) Frameworks and libraries
  • WordPress
  • jQuery
  • Sinatra
  • Ruby on Rails
• Operating Systems
  • Mac OS X (for development)
  • Linux (for development and deployment)
  • Windows (for testing in Internet Explorer)
• Testing
  • RSpec
  • Selenium
  • Capybara
• Misc
  • Ajax
  • MySQL
  • Bash
  • Vim
  • Git

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