Gus Castaneda

Gus Castaneda

Boston, MA

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Skills & Experience

  • Job Title

    Sr. Graphic Designer / Front-End Developer

  • Spoken Languages

    • Spanish
    • English

226 Achievements

  • What a Beautiful Vue!
  • Introducing Vue
  • What is Agile?
  • Introduction to Methods
  • JavaScript Objects
  • Build a Website With Bootstrap
  • Simple Mobile Interface
  • Exporting Designs
  • Sketch Features
  • Introducing Sketch
  • Getting Started with Ember.js
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Loops
  • Hosting with GitHub Pages
  • Building and Customizing the Blog
  • Getting Started with Jekyll
  • Ruby Strings (Ruby Basics)
  • How Ruby Works
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • The WordPress Loop
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • Configuring a Genesis Child Theme
  • An Overview of WordPress Frameworks
  • The Genesis Marketplace
  • An Overview of the Genesis Framework
  • Sales and Pitching
  • Marketing and Promotion
  • Next Steps
  • Basic Layout
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • WordPress Themes
  • Local WordPress Development
  • Treehouse Club - JavaScript
  • Launching a WordPress Site
  • Compass Layout and Typography
  • Getting Started with Compass
  • Moving Forward with UX
  • Tools UXers Use
  • How UXers Think
  • What Do User Experience Designers Do?
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • Finalizing the Project
  • Case Studies and Examples
  • The Brand Identity Design Process
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • The Logo Sprint
  • Logo Design 101
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Strings
  • Introduction Variables
  • Grid Layout
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • Float Layout
  • Creating Home Page Assets
  • Applying Effects
  • Display Modes
  • How to Draw in Illustrator
  •  Adding Color and Type
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Creating an Icon
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • Careers in the Tech Industry
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • DNS Basics
  • Control Structures
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Creating HTML Content
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Owning a WordPress Site Long Term
  • WordPress Community Management
  • Working with Media in WordPress
  • Adding and Editing Content
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Slices & Save for Web
  • Vector Shapes
  • What's New in Foundation 5
  • Build a Website With Foundation
  • Prototyping With Foundation
  • Prototyping With Bootstrap
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
  • Type Tools
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Media Queries
  • CSS Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Gradients
  • Web Typography
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • CSS Box Model
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • WordPress and Forms
  • Extending WordPress Template Functionality
  • Converting Static HTML into WordPress Templates
  • Self-Assessment
  • Basics
  • Preparing to Code WordPress Templates
  • WordPress Theme Functions
  • Masks Basics
  • Layer Basics
  • WordPress Theme Templates
  • Media Queries
  • Animation
  • Transforms
  • Intro to User Experience
  • Content Strategy with WordPress
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Multi-Column Layouts
  • Transitions
  • Backgrounds
  • Gradients
  • Making Money
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Marketing Basics
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Integrating With Paypal
  • Forming Your Company
  • Listing Inventory Items
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Usability Basics
  • Corporate Structure
  • Why Start a Business?
  • Workspace Basics
  • Borders
  • Web Fonts
  • Customizing WordPress
  • Managing Comments
  • Adding and Editing Content in WordPress
  • Configuring WordPress
  • Introduction
  • Workflow Basics
  • Responsive Design
  • Adaptive Design
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Fluid Foundation
  • Selectors
  • Introduction to Responsive Web Design
  • Typography
  • Graphic Basics
  • Selectors
  • Color Theory
  • Principles
  • Elements
  • Website Basics
  • Framework Foundations
  • Printing
  • Page Layout
  • Box Model
  • Text
  • Data Types
  • Selectors
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Launching the Website
  • Styling Content
  • Creating a Website Structure
  • Text Editors and HTML
  • Website Basics
  • Newbie