Alexander Besse
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Alexander Besse

Techdegree Graduate

Blaine, Minnesota
Open to Work

Software Development Engineer @ PTC

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Skills & Experience

  • Company

    PTC

  • Job Title

    Software Development Engineer

  • Spoken Languages

    • English

314 Achievements

  • Java Maps
  • How to Make Wireframes in Adobe XD
  • How to Make Wireframes in Balsamiq
  • How to Make Wireframes on Paper
  • What is Wireframing?
  • Persuasive Patterns
  • UI Patterns
  • Designing with Patterns
  • How to Critique Design
  • Principles of Design
  • Elements of Design
  • Telling the Story
  • Designing for your User’s "To-be"
  • Understanding your User’s β€œAs-is” Scenario
  • Becoming Acquainted with Your User
  • Becoming a Design Thinker
  • Go Flow Control Overview
  • Go Syntax Overview
  • Build an Accessible Form
  • Introduction To Accessibility
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Exploring Async/Await
  • Understanding Promises
  • Asynchronous JavaScript with Callbacks
  • What is Asynchronous Programming?
  • Loop Through Objects
  • Object Basics
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Multidimensional Arrays
  • Loop Through Arrays
  • Store Multiple Values in an Array
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Working with 'for' Loops
  • Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops
  • Timezones
  • Math Quiz App
  • Dates and Times
  • Buggy Logs
  • Cleaner Code
  • Iterating and Packing with Dictionaries
  • Introducing Dictionaries
  • Sequence Operations
  • Sequence Iterations
  • Packing and Unpacking
  • Getting Info In and Out of Functions
  • Introduction to Functions
  • Getting to Know Tuples
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Programming AJAX
  • Create Reusable Code with Functions
  • Pass Information Into Functions
  • Arrow Functions
  • Working with Numbers
  • The Math Object
  • Storing and Tracking Information with Variables
  • Working With Strings
  • Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements
  • Hello, JavaScript!
  • Express Middleware
  • Sessions and Cookies
  • User Registration and Login
  • Getting Started with GraphQL
  • PHP Internal Functions
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Arrays
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP on the Web
  • Daily Exercise Program
  • Unit Converter
  • Getting to Know PHP
  • What is Authentication?
  • React Router and Authentication
  • Implementing Basic Authentication
  • Introducing the Authentication Project
  • Get Involved in Open Source
  •  Create a Web Presence on GitHub
  •  Working on a Team
  • Working By Yourself
  • Time Complexity
  • Playing a Counting Game
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • What is Agile?
  • Refactoring and Modularizing a REST API
  • Create, Read, Update, Delete
  • Managing Data and Asynchronous Code
  • Getting to Know REST APIs
  • Getting the REST You Need 2
  • Performing CRUD Operations
  • Defining Models
  • Getting Started with Sequelize
  • Asynchronous Code in Express
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Aggregate and Numeric Functions
  • Working with Text
  • Ordering, Limiting and Paging Results
  • Handling Errors When Manipulating Data
  • Deleting Data from a Database
  • Updating Data in a Database
  • Adding Data to a Database
  • Finding the Data You Want
  • Getting Data from a Database
  • Data, Databases and SQL
  • Going Further with Routing
  • Navigating, Nesting and Redirecting Routes
  • Getting Started with React Router
  • React Component Patterns
  • Serving Static Files in Express
  • Applying Express Knowledge
  • Middleware
  • Deeper into Routing with Express
  • Using Templates with Express
  • Getting Started with Express
  • Updating and Uninstalling Packages with npm
  • Installing Packages with npm
  • Creating a Command Line Weather Application
  • Handling Errors in Node
  • Getting Data From an API With Node
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • JavaScript Frameworks, Libraries, and Developer Roles
  • JavaScript Outside of the Browser
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Common Commands
  • Directories and Files
  • The Command Shell
  • Reformatting User Input
  • Validating a Form with Regular Expressions
  • Regular Expressions
  • The Role of Selectors in JavaScript
  • Pseudo-classes and Combinators
  • Selector Basics
  • Stateful Components and Lifecycle Methods
  • Managing State and Data Flow
  • Build Modular Interfaces with Components
  • Stateful Components
  • Introducing Props
  • Thinking in Components
  • First Steps in React
  • Combining Array Methods
  • Array Manipulation
  • Array Iteration
  • AJAX and APIs
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • Programming AJAX
  • Callbacks and the DOM
  • Callbacks with Timers
  • Introduction to Callback Functions
  • Getters and Setters
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Object Basics
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Create Function Using Arrow Syntax
  • Using Template Literals
  • Defining Variables With let and const
  • Putting It All Together
  • Embracing the Process
  • 10th Techdegree Peer Review
  • Curating the Work
  • Portfolio Goals
  • Demystifying the Portfolio
  • Using a jQuery Carousel
  • Add a Sticky Navigation Bar
  • Introducing jQuery Plugins
  • Working with jQuery Collections (2017)
  • Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal (2017)
  • Introducing jQuery (2017)
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Loops
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • 5 Star Techdegree Reviewer
  • 5th Techdegree Peer Review
  • 1st Techdegree Peer Review
  • Sass Grid System
  • SMACSS and Sass
  • Sass and BEM
  • Getting Modular with Mixins and Functions
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • What Is WordPress?
  • GitHub and Other Remote Repositories
  • Managing Committed Files
  • First Commits
  • Going Further with Grid Layout
  • Flexible Sized Grids
  • Introducing Grid Layout
  • Add Reusable Logic to Your Sass
  • Write Smart and Efficient CSS with Sass
  • Art Direction with the Picture Element
  • Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes
  • Using Slack Effectively
  • Introducing Slack for the Techdegree
  • Improve Your Workflow with Sass
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Keyframe and Line Drawing Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Creating an SVG
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Adding 3D Effects with CSS
  • Getting Started with CSS Transforms
  • Transition Timing Functions and Delays
  • Getting Started with CSS Transitions
  • Design Patterns
  • Page Layout
  • Building Forms With Bootstrap
  • Using Bootstrap Components
  • Responsive Layouts With the Bootstrap Grid
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Building a Layout with Flexbox
  • Flexbox Properties
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • Positioning Page Content
  • CSS Layout Project
  • Page Layout with the Float Property
  • Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes
  • Getting Started with CSS Layout
  • Final Project: Create a Typographic Site
  • Laying Out Type for the Web
  • Basic Web Typography
  • How to Choose and Use Webfonts
  • Introduction to Typography
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Practicing Object Basics
  • Practicing Getters and Setters
  • Practicing Classes
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • What is npm?
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Exploration
  • Discovery
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • The Logo Sprint
  • Logo Design 101
  • Save for the Web
  • Adding Images and a Mockup
  • Logo Design
  • Creating a Wireframe
  • Introducing Adobe Illustrator
  • Going Further with HTML
  • Images, Text and Links
  • Structuring Your Content
  • Getting Started With HTML
  • Dice Roller
  • Python: Advanced Objects
  • Python: Inheritance
  • Python: Instant Objects
  • Improving the Application Code
  • Editing and Filtering Names
  • Adding and Removing Names
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • The Browser Environment
  • JavaScript Objects and Conditionals
  • JavaScript Arrays and Loops
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Data Types and Variables
  • JavaScript Tools and Workflows
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • Dungeon Game 2
  • Python Sets
  • Python Tuples
  • Python Dictionaries
  • Python Slices
  • Python Lists
  • Build an Application
  • Using Lists
  • Meet Lists
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • All Together Now
  • Functions and Looping
  • Types and Branching
  • Meet Python
  • Understanding your User’s β€œAs-is” Scenario
  • Becoming Acquainted with Your User
  • Becoming a Design Thinker
  • Finishing the Game
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Newbie