TimJKStrickland/resume

Interactive Resume built from Nanodegree

Project Number 2: JSON template for a resume

This project was the second project from Udacity. I created several objects in a JSON file.

By the end:

Your resume will look something like this

And your repository will include the following files:

• index.html: The main HTML document. Contains links to all of the CSS and JS resources needed to render the resume, including resumeBuilder.js.
• js/helper.js: Contains helper code needed to format the resume and build the map. It also has a few function shells for additional functionality. More on helper.js further down.
• js/resumeBuilder.js: This file is empty. You should write your code here.
• js/jQuery.js: The jQuery library.
• css/style.css: Contains all of the CSS needed to style the page.
• README.md: The GitHub readme file.
• and some images in the images directory.

Your starting point...

js/helper.js

Within helper.js, you’ll find a large collection of strings containing snippets of HTML. Within many snippets, you’ll find placeholder data in the form of %data% or %contact%.

Each string has a title that describes how it should be used. For instance, HTMLworkStart should be the first <div> in the Work section of the resume. HTMLschoolLocation contains a %data% placeholder which should be replaced with the location of one of your schools.

Your process:

The resume has four distinct sections: work, education, projects and a header with biographical information. You’ll need to:

1. Build four JSON objects, each one representing a different resume section. The objects that you create need to follow the schema below exactly. Property names are case-sensitive. Make sure your JSON objects are formatted correctly using JSONlint.com.

• bio contains:

        name : string
        role : string
        contacts : an object with
              mobile: string
              email: string 
              github: string
              twitter: string 
              location: string
        welcomeMessage: string 
        skills: array of strings
        biopic: url
        display: function taking no parameters
  

• education contains:

        schools: array of objects with
             name: string
             location: string
             degree: string
             majors: array of strings
             dates: integer (graduation date)
             url: string
        onlineCourses: array with
             title: string
             school: string
             date: integer (date finished)
             url: string
        display: function taking no parameters
  

• work contains

        jobs: array of objects with
             employer: string 
             title: string 
             location: string 
             dates: string (works with a hyphen between them)
             description: string 
        display: function taking no parameters
  

• projects contains:

        projects: array of objects with
              title: string 
              dates: string (works with a hyphen between them)
              description: string
              images: array with string urls
        display: function taking no parameters
  

2. Iterate through each JSON object and append its information to index.html in the correct section.

• First off, you’ll be using jQuery’s selector.append() and selector.prepend() functions to modify index.html. selector.append() makes an element appear at the end of a selected section. selector.prepend() makes an element appear at the beginning of a selected section.
  • Pay close attention to the ids of the <div>s in index.html and the HTML snippets in helper.js. They’ll be very useful as jQuery selectors for selector.append() and selector.prepend()
• You’ll also be using the JavaScript method string.replace(old, new) to swap out all the placeholder text (e.g. %data%) for data from your resume JSON objects.
• Here’s an example of some code that would add the location of one your companies to the page:
  • var formattedLocation = HTMLworkLocation.replace("%data%", work.jobs[job].location);
  • $(".work-entry:last").append(formattedLocation);
• Use the mockup at the page of this document as a guide for the order in which you should append elements to the page.

3. The resume includes an interactive map. Do the following to add it.

• In resumeBuilder.js, append the googleMap string to <div id=”mapDiv”>.
• In index.html, uncomment the Google script element: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places"></script>
• In helper.js, at the bottom of the file, uncomment code to initialize map and set fitBounds.

4. All of your code for adding elements to the resume should be within functions. And all of your functions should be encapsulated within the same objects containing your resume data. For instance, your functions for appending work experience elements to the page should be found within the same object containing data about your work experience.
5. Your resume should also console.log() information about click locations. On line 90 in helper.js, you’ll find a jQuery onclick handler that you’ll need to modify to work with the logClicks(x,y) function above it.
6. It’s possible to make additional information show up when you click on the pins in the map. Check out line 174 in helper.js and the Google Maps API to get started.