Scott Spence

@spences10
Kent, UK
He/Him

SvelteKit

Dad

Open Source

Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiast

Front-end Developer

Self-Taught

Rabbit Hole Explorer

Life Long Learner

YouTuber

Early Adopter

Conference Attendee

Web Developer

Coding

Content Creator

Writer Contributor

Writer

Svelte

Open Source Contributor

Open Source Maintainer

Developer Advocate: Working with an awesome team!

I'm a web developer in Kent, United Kingdom.

I'm active in the web development community, especially front-end.

I'm open to

content creation,

speaking at events,

writing,

speaking on podcasts,

live streaming,

and freelance roles.

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Resume

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Sep 2023 - Present

Application Team Lead, XtendOps

Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

Developer Relations Engineer, Storyblok

Apr 2021 - Jul 2022

Developer Advocate, GraphCMS

Sep 2018 - Apr 2021

Web Developer, Accenture Interactive

Links

Website

Portfolio

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How to use Named Layouts in SvelteKit - YouTube

Make a Contact Form with SvelteKit and Airtable https://scottspence.com/posts/make-a-contact-form-with-sveltekit-and-airtable

Make a URL Shortener with SvelteKit https://scottspence.com/posts/make-a-url-shortener-with-sveltekit

I made an introductory blog post on using KitQL, the GraphQL client for SvelteKit. Getting Started with KitQL and GraphCMS · Scott Spence

My 2021 Highlights

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I lead a 50 minute workshop to demonstrate how to configure a SvelteKit project with a GraphQL API "Track Launches using SpaceX API and SvelteKit" Scott Spence (Speaker)

I wrote about How to Set Up Svelte with Tailwind CSS

I held a three hour workshop at GraphQL Galaxy for "Building with SvelteKit and GraphQL" https://graphqlgalaxy.com/workshops-3h#ckwajl0u87vcm0c56xivankq9

I spoke at the Jamstack - MMT Tech Meetup Speaking about SvelteKit and the Content Layer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNAApZIYZUw

Podcasts

Appeared on the Dev Journey podcast with Tim Bourguignon "How does one become a software developer? Each week, a successful developer tells us their life's story. They describe their path into tech...

I spoke to James Perkins on the Developer Hangout Podcast Scott Spence | Developers Hangout (simplecast.com)

I had a chat with Brittney and Alex on the CodingCat.dev Podcast 1.31 - Delivering Digital Content with GraphCMS (codingcat.dev)

Blog Posts

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I made a recent post on how to make backups of Windows Subsystem for Linux installs. The post is for Ubuntu but will work for any distribution. Backup Ubuntu in Windows Subsystem for Linux · Scott ...

Building a blog with urql, Sveltekit, and GraphCMS | GraphCMS

Make an Email Form Submission with SvelteKit https://scottspence.com/posts/email-form-submission-with-sveltekit

Deploy your own Links Page with One Click https://scottspence.com/posts/once-click-links-page

YouTube

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Livestream with Eddie Jaoude (GitHub Star of the Year) building a full stack app Fullstack Svelte app with Express and DataStax's NoSQL Astra DB - Scott Spence - YouTube

I published a SvelteKit Crash Course https://youtu.be/zH2qG9YwN3s

I made a short explainer video on working with Remote Fields in GraphCMS Working with Remote Fields in GraphCMS

I made a short video detailing working with the GraphCMS Management SDK. Working with the GraphCMS Management SDK