Michael Dixon

Michael Dixon

Athens, OH

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Skills & Experience

  • Company

    Ohio University Office of Information Technology

  • Job Title

    Associate Software Engineer

  • Spoken Languages

    • English
  • Awards

    • Top Computer Science student as a Junior

209 Achievements

  • Basic Android Programming
  • Setting Up Your Local Environment for Spring Development
  • Improving your Gulp Workflow
  • Compile Sass with Gulp
  • Gulp your JavaScript workflow!
  • Welcome to Gulp.js
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • Next Steps
  • Improving Our Tests
  • Behavior Driven Development with Mocha & Chai
  • Introducing Unit Testing
  • Structs as Data Models
  • View Controllers and Views
  • Getting Started with iOS Development
  • Creating the Screen Layout
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Doing More with Express
  • Serving Static Files in Express
  • Using Templates with Express
  • The Request and Response Objects in Express
  • Developing Express Apps Like a Boss
  • Getting Started with Express
  • Get Involved in Open Source
  •  Create a Web Presence on GitHub
  •  Working on a Team
  • Working By Yourself
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • Updating and Uninstalling Packages with npm
  • Installing Packages with npm
  • What is npm?
  • AJAX and APIs
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Quiz Practice Project
  • Prototypal Inheritance
  • Constructor Functions & Prototypes
  • Introduction to Methods
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Using a jQuery Carousel
  • Add a Sticky Navigation Bar
  • Introducing jQuery Plugins
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • 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
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Player Input and Cameras
  • The Unity Editor and Scene Setup
  • Introduction to Video Games
  • Model Administration
  • Say Hello to Django
  • What a View
  • Introduction to Ecommerce with WordPress
  • Control Flow
  • Collections
  • Operators
  • Types
  • Variables and Constants
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Loops
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Ruby Logical Operators
  • Ruby Control Structures
  • Ruby Operators
  • Ruby Methods
  • Ruby Numbers (Ruby Basics)
  • Ruby Strings (Ruby Basics)
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Page and Post Templates in WordPress
  • Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • How WordPress Templates Work
  • Core WordPress Theme Files
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • The Local Development Environment
  • Exploring an API
  • How Ruby Works
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • PHP Getting Started
  • Logo Design 101
  • HTTP Methods and Headers
  • Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js
  • Handling Routes in Node.js
  • Creating a Simple Server in Node.js
  • Building a Command Line Application
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Finishing the User Interface
  • The Model-View-Controller Pattern
  • Intents and Multiple Activities
  • User Input
  • Finishing Your WordPress Theme
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Building Out WordPress Navigation
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • The WordPress Loop
  • WordPress Header and Footer Templates
  • Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes
  • Starting a WordPress Theme
  • Lists Redux
  • Pick a Number! Any Number!
  • Putting the "Fun" Back in "Functions"
  • Shopping List
  • Things That Count
  • Ins & Outs
  • Say Hello to Python
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • Finding Good WordPress Plugins and Themes
  • Managing Comments on a WordPress Blog
  • Posts and Pages in WordPress
  • Working with Media in WordPress Blogs
  • Owning a WordPress Site Long Term
  • WordPress Community Management
  • Blogging with WordPress Overview
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Testing and Debugging
  • Improving Our Code
  • Coding the Fun Facts
  • Basic Android Programming
  • Creating the Initial Screen Layout
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Perfecting the Prototype
  • Using your New Tools
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Control Structures
  • Basics
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Display Modes
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Finding Your First Project
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • WordPress Themes
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Working with Media in WordPress
  • Adding and Editing Content
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Newbie