James Kelly

I’ve written code in just about every mainstream desktop, web server language, and scripting language in use today.

Every language I’ve ever attempted to learn I’ve come by quickly through my own persistence. I can usually pick up a new language in a few hours or days becoming proficient with it in 10 to 30 days depending on complexity.

Some code skills that I haven’t mentioned, and that I believe you come by and have to know to call yourself a developer, are SGML based “languages” (like XML, RSS, XHTML, and the like), Scripting languages (JavaScript, LiveScript, VBScript, ActionScript), and various data transfer methods (SOAP and RPC).

Standards are very important to me. I will fudge them when there is no way around it due to time constraints, requests, or compatibility issues, however I always strive for compliance when possible.

This section isn’t meant to go over every language I’ve ever used, but instead is meant to be a highlight of languages I’ve used with the intent to prove that I possess the ability to leverage learned concepts and applying them to new languages and concepts.

One language that I specifically omitted is ASP. I have a great deal of experience with ASP but do not consider it a solution for any new development.