PROJECTS
JAKE ZARUBA PHOTOGRAPHY
A re-imagination of my wedding website
Launch ProjectJake Zaruba Photography
The website that started my journey into web development. This website is the vision I had for my wedding site back in 2015, and it showcases my photos much better than my old Squarespace website.
Learn more about this projectMINIMAL WEATHER APP
A fully custom coded and illustrated weather app.
Launch ProjectMinimal weather app
A weather app that presents a three hour forecast as well as a tab for advanced weather info. The weather can be fetched by the user's current location, or by searching for a city. All elements were either drawn in Figma or created in CSS.
Learn more about this projectROAD TRIP!
An app for tracking the cost of your road trips
Launch ProjectRoad Trip!
Track how much you're spending on gas, specific to your vehicle. Built entirely on Vue, this website uses MapQuest's geocoding API to give a broad range of locations with fuzzy matching to ensure your addresses are found.
Learn more about this projectZARCOM
My first real-world website build
Launch ProjectZarcom
A custom website for a local computer repair and security camera store. This website will merge my passion for photography and web development as I replace the placeholder photos with my own product photos next month.
Learn more about this projectPORTFOLIO
This Portfolio!
Launch ProjectPortfolio
This portfolio has changed and grown with me through my journey of learning web development. Each iteration is public to view on my GitHub profile and shows my progress over the past two months.
Learn more about this projectEMPLOYMENT
ABOUT
Hey, I'm Jake.
I've been running a wedding photography business full time since 2015. I love creating, and after 130 weddings, I felt as though I was no longer growing or challenging myself. When I first started my business, I made my website using a Wordpress template. I was eager to customize as many features as I could, but with my limited knowledge at the time, I had to compromise.
Several years later, I decided to dive into web development with the goal of re-creating my website the way I had intended many years ago. That project instantly grew into a passion for web design and development. At this time, I applied for an IT support role with J.J. Keller to take a step towards a career in tech, and I'm now ready to take my next step.
My focus thus far has been on front-end development and design, but I'm now focusing on learning back-end development with Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. My goal is to be comfortable using the MEVN stack by next year. Since the day I picked up web development I've built projects, studied 8+ hours each day, and have been completely consumed by it. I've found my passion and I couldn't be more excited to learn and progress in it.
