Amanda Beers

About Me

Growing up, I was always building large lego sets and doing puzzles which led me to a career as a Structural Engineer where I worked on building design. Structural design involves breaking a problem into smaller components in order to achieve a larger final product just like the legos I still like to build.

After working as a Structural Engineer for almost five years, I realized that this design process was not exclusive to the structural field. I always enjoyed working on automating a process or design calculation in Excel or other software programs and decided to learn more about coding. After getting several tutorials deep in JavaScript I realized how much I loved pitting my mind against coding problems and decided to make a move toward software.

As a Software Engineer, I’ve used my problem solving experience and love of puzzles in my approach to building web applications and learning new technologies. I'm excited to put my new skills along with my detail-oriented and curious nature toward working with a team of committed developers.

Gloomhaven Character Log

The Gloomhaven Character Log is a companion application for the game Gloomhaven which is a role playing game meant to be played over many sessions. This app allows a user to create characters from the starter classes in Gloomhaven and keep track of character information and stats from game to game. This full-stack web application was built using React.js, React Router, JSX, Bootstrap, Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL.

Gloomhaven Character Log - Deployed
Gloomhaven Character Log - Front-end Repo
Gloomhaven Character Log - Back-end Repo

Bucket List

Bucket List is a full stack web application for creating and editing a bucket list. It was created while working on a team of three developers and features include crossing off items on the list as you complete them and filtering by completed items. This app was building using JavaScript, jQuery, Handlebars, HTML5, Bootstrap, MongoDb, Mongoose, and Express.

Bucket List - Deployed
Bucket List - Front-end Repo
Bucket List - Back-end Repo

Game Shelf

Game Shelf is a full stack web application built using JavaScript, jQuery, Handlebars, HTML5, Bootstrap, Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL. This app allows a user to add board games to their shelf from a global games resource. Features include filtering your games based on number of players and adding/updating notes on your games from your own experiences playing them.

Game Shelf - Deployed
Game Shelf - Front-end Repo
Game Shelf - Back-end Repo

Tic Tac Toe

A tic tac toe game built using JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, and Bootstrap. The app allows you to sign in and play tic tac toe with a friend or against yourself. Past game states are stored and can be loaded by the id. If the game wasn't finished, you can play it through!

Tic Tac Toe Game - Deployed
Tic Tac Toe - Front-end Repo