Alida

Last updated on Jan 2, 2022

Timeline: May - Dec 2021

Being a part of the Surveys team at Alida has allowed me to grow myself as a software developer and a team player in various ways. The projects I have been involved in during my internship can be summarized as follows:

  • Carry Forward Answers

    • Developing the frontend of a feature that allows Alida Surveys users to carry forward answers of one question to other questions in a survey
    • Utilizing the Model-View-ViewModel pattern using Knockout.js
    • Reusing implementation in the viewmodel and the view across different components of the feature
    • Adding a comprehensive frontend validation logic for the feature
    • Technologies: Knockout.js, HTML, SCSS, jQuery, Karma, Mocha, Sinon

  • Survey Responding Modernization

    • Transitioning Alida’s Survey Responding frontend codebase from an older toolset to a modern tech stack including React, TypeScript, React Query, Material UI, Storybook
    • Developing various accessible and responsive UI components for web and mobile
    • Utilizing a microfrontends architecture using Webpack Module Federation, sharing UI components across repositories
    • Implementing unit tests achieving 90-100% coverage using React Testing Library
    • Working with Puppeteer & BrowserStack to add UI automation tests
    • Working with Github Actions & GoCD pipelines to build & deploy the app
    • Creating a Transifex translations pipeline for localization
    • Setting up Storybook for testing components and configuring it to work with Webpack Module Federation
    • Investigating and debugging the existing backend in .NET to connect the new frontend to the existing backend properly
    • Technologies: React, TypeScript, Material UI, Storybook, Jest, React Testing Library, Puppeteer, BrowserStack, C# (.NET)

  • Preview Surveys with Profile Variables

    • Adding customizable and reusable React components to Alida’s UI library
    • Actively working on 2 separate repositories that share code via Webpack Module Federation, synchronizing changes and deployments between the repositories
    • Implementing React hooks that use React Query to make API calls to the backend and manage data on the frontend
    • Technologies: React, TypeScript, Material UI, Storybook, Jest, React Testing Library

  • Other

    • Improving the usability of a drag & drop interface by designing and implementing complex and reusable style rules
    • Building a micro-frontend application that uses Webpack Module Federation, and deploying to AWS S3 & CloudFront
    • Troubleshooting build and deployment pipelines
    • Debugging customer issues using Kibana logs
    • Taking part in weekly build pick & prod push tasks
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Gökçe Dilek
Gökçe Dilek
Software Engineer & Open Source Contributor

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