Javier Alvarado

Technical Writer & Accessibility Specialist

GitHub

I'm a technical writer and accessibility specialist interested in applying my skills in a technical writer or accessibility role.

I have several years of experience working with Markdown, Git, GitHub, and static site generators.

You can view my projects below or visit my GitHub profile.

Skills

  • Technical Writing: Markdown, Git, GitHub, static site generators
  • Documentation: AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, Docusaurus, MkDocs, VitePress, Nextra, Starlight
  • Static Site Generators: Eleventy, Jekyll, Hugo
  • Web: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Sass, Less, Stylus, Tailwind
  • CLI: Bash, Zsh, npm
  • Data: JSON, YAML, TOML, XML
  • Editors: VS Code, WebStorm, Replit
  • AI Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, GitHub Copilot
  • WordPress: Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields, Yoast, WooCommerce, Sensei LMS
  • Communication: Zoom, Slack, Trello, Camtasia, Snagit
  • Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
  • Google Workspace: Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drive, Gmail, Meet
  • OS: macOS, Windows 10/11, Linux

Big Projects

Simple Dev

Built a website using WordPress and wrote over 300 articles on various coding topics. It gets around 25,000 hits per month. Skills: WordPress, WooCommerce, Sensei LMS, Yoast, HTML, CSS.

Website

Text-Based HTML Course

Wrote lessons for a text-based HTML course. Originally hosted on Simple Dev, then moved to Teachable, then Podia, and finally to its own static site using the Starlight documentation generator from Astro. Skills: Starlight, npm, Markdown, Git, GitHub.

Website GitHub Repo

Udemy Course

Wrote lessons, filmed, and edited videos for my first Udemy course. Currently has over 65 students. Skills: HTML, CSS, Camtasia.

Website

JS Training Grounds

Created open source quickstart tutorials on React, Vue 3, Svelte 5, and Angular. Skills: Starlight, StackBlitz, Markdown, Git, GitHub.

Website GitHub Repo

simpledev.css

Built and documented a class-light CSS framework. Skills: HTML, CSS, Accessibility, Git, GitHub.

Website GitHub Repo

simpledev-utilities.css

Built and documented a CSS utility framework with a consistent naming convention. Skills: HTML, CSS, Bash, Git, GitHub.

Website GitHub Repo

Side Projects

Documentation

Markdown

A lightweight markup language.

GitHub Repo

AsciiDoc

A plain text markup language.

GitHub Repo

reStructuredText

A plain text markup language.

GitHub Repo

Docusaurus

A documentation generator powered by React.

Website GitHub Repo

Hugo

A static site generator powered by Go.

Website GitHub Repo

MkDocs

A documentation generator powered by Python.

Website GitHub Repo

GitBook

A documentation site powered by GitBook.

Website

Mintlify

A documentation site powered by Mintlify.

Website GitHub Repo

VitePress

A documentation generator powered by Vue.

Website GitHub Repo

Nextra

A documentation generator powered by Next.js.

Website GitHub Repo

Fundamentals

HTML

This site demonstrates proficiency with semantic HTML.

Website GitHub Repo

CSS

This site demonstrates proficiency with vanilla CSS.

Website GitHub Repo

Bootstrap 5

This site demonstrates proficiency with Bootstrap 5.

Website GitHub Repo

Eleventy

This site demonstrates proficiency with Eleventy and LiquidJS.

Website GitHub Repo

Webflow

This site is designed to demonstrate a basic understanding of Webflow.

Website

CSS

Tailwind

A CSS utility framework.

Website GitHub Repo

SCSS

Demonstrates comments, variables, extends, nesting, and modules.

Website GitHub Repo

Less

Demonstrates comments, variables, mixins, nesting, and imports.

Website GitHub Repo

Stylus

Demonstrates comments, variables, mixins, nesting, and imports.

Website GitHub Repo

JavaScript

jQuery

A simple jQuery demo.

Website GitHub Repo

React

A simple todo list built with React.

Website GitHub Repo

Vue 3

A simple todo list built with Vue 3 using the Composition API.

Website GitHub Repo

Svelte 5

A simple todo list built with Svelte 5.

Website GitHub Repo

Angular

A simple todo list built with Angular.

Website GitHub Repo