Ergonomyx E-Commerce Platform Website
Over the course of my first two co-op work terms, I worked for Ergonomyx Technologies Canada as a Full Stack Web Developer. As the company was a recent startup, I was tasked with a large work load and had the opportunity to learn a lot.
I was co-tasked with building an e-commerce platform for marketing the company’s products, from the ground up. This included designing an engaging customer UI that communicated with a PostgreSQL database via a Node.js API. On top of the customer UI, an Admin Centre was implemented for the company to easily manage the website’s data and appearance.
This co-op allowed me to learn many frameworks as well as valuable assets of the Full Stack design. I developed HTML/CSS/JS frontend skills, learning how to incorporate various libraries to give the user the best experience. While also writing the frontend in Python (Flask Framework), I became advanced with requests via the HTTP Protocol, querying a relational database and returning an HTTP response to the frontend. I obtained experience working with relational databases in both a testing and production environment; writing extensive queries in SQL and PL/pgSQL database languages.
I became skilled in the process of designing a new feature, followed by implementing and testing it over a set duration. This included working with and utilizing third party documentation such as Braintree for payments, Cloudinary for product imaging as well as Facebook and Google for account login/registration.
The development life cycle was similar to that of an Agile SDLC. It was a continuous cycle of implementing, testing (through Selenium, PyTest or Postman for the API) and meetings to decide on feature approval or necessary changes.
Upon completion of this co-op, I have nothing but excellent things to say about Ergonomyx and would highly recommend it as co-op or career. While this co-op came with a large learning curve, I came to learn that one of my greatest strengths as Software Engineering Student is my ability learn new information promptly and implement it effectively.
