Tim Martin | Django Web Developer | Martial Arts Websites

About Me

Hi! I'm Tim. I'm a full-stack web developer.

After a 28 year stint in the U.S. Army, I finally figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up. I flirted with website design while in college during the early days of the internet. You know, back when there was no Google and AOL was still hanging-on while main-stream sites like Yahoo and Excite were the new craze! The very first site I built in the '90s was focused on another passion of mine, SouthEast Asian Martial Arts. Imagine my surprise when I later saw it listed in a book showcasing popular martial arts websites.

Fast-forward almost three decades and here I am returning to an interest of mine from long ago. Sure, I've tinkered with websites over the years, but I've spent a considerable amount of time since retiring learning new web technologies and sharpening my skills in front-end and back-end development along with DevOps best practices. My, oh, my, how things have changed!

Latest Projects

MartialQuest Online

This was an early project of mine built upon the Wordpress CMS. It was an online community site built around the Peepso social media plug-in.

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Silver Bullet Training Northwest

This project was completed for a client and built with a HTML/CSS/JS frontend and Python/Django backend with MySQL database. It also features an ecommerce solution with Square's Payments API for payment processing.

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Space Fan Site

A fun site that I built to track SpaceX launches. It is built with a Python/Django backend and HTML/CSS/JS frontend with Bootstrap. It features an API call for the next SpaceX launch and weather data from Mars courtesy of the Curiosity rover.

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Tsunami Academy of Martial Arts

This is a martial arts school website and online application providing marketing, student management, online learning management, and tuition collection functionality. Built with vanilla JavaScript, Django, and a MySQL database.

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BJJ Gallery

This is a portfolio project to demonstrate basic CRUD operations in Django along with media uploads. The site is built with Bootstrap and vanilla JavaScript with a PostgreSQL database.

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Springs Jiu Jitsu

This is a martial arts school website and online application providing marketing, student management, and tuition collection functionality via the Stripe API. Built with Bootstrap, Django, and a PostgreSQL database.

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My Tech Stack

From front-to-back. I specialize in Python | Django Web Development.

Why Django? Well, it's a high-level web development framework that is built on the versatile and extremely popular Python programming language. It is known for assuring rapid development, pragmatic, maintainable, clean design, and secure websites. It's that simple. I'm focused on developing responsive-first web applications that are scalable and functional with a clean design and UI/UX.

My project workflow is characterized by two main phases - preparation and execution. During the preparation phase, we focus on making a detailed plan for the project execution and its scope. The actual work, testing and validation is done in the second phase. ‍ Our first goal is to fully understand your users and discover their wants and needs, frustration, and goals. Only then will we be able to design a consistent engagement strategy and user-centric design for your website.

Contact Me

Do you have a web project that you're looking to find a developer for?

Regardless, I would love to hear from you. Whether it's a project, freelance opportunity, or just a chat...feel free to give me a shout. Use the convenient form here or take a look at my other contact means in the footer below.