I’m Niraj Shah, a PHP Developer working in London, UK. Thanks for visiting my site, a digital portfolio of my development work. I love web development and have been doing it for many years now, since College. I also enjoy blogging in my space time (I have several blogs), watching movies and playing video games.
Education
I have a BSc in Computer Science (1st Class Honors) and a MSc in Advanced Computing (Distinction), both from King’s College London. I received my BSc in 2006 and my MSc in 2007.
Experience
I’m experienced in Social Network development (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Google+ and Twitter) and Microsites (WordPress), and some experience in design. You can check out some of my work in my Online Portfolio. I also have experience in assembling computers. Key skills include:
- PHP/MySQL development
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript (including jQuery)
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
- Usability and Information Architecture
- Social Network Programming (FBML, Graph API, MySpace, SNML, Twitter, Google+)
- OpenGraph Markup and Graph API (Facebook)
- REST, SOAP, OAuth Protocols
- iOS Compiling and Deployment to App Store (Xcode)
- Android Compiling and Deployment to Google Play (Eclipse and ADT)
- Porting Android Apps to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0