About Hayden Tomas

My name is Hayden Tomas, I am a front-end website developer based in Prestwood, Great Missenden.

I have been developing websites and apps professionally since 2011. I started building websites for fun much sooner than that. Those of you old enough to remember software such as Microsoft Frontpage or the very first version of Serif Web Plus will understand the fun and games we had back then!

I remember writing my very first program in Basic, it was copied from the book that came with my beloved Commodore Plus/4. I was very new to programming at 9 years old so certainly wasn't going to design my own software.

So anyway, fast forward to 2011, I got my first website development job, and I am still with that agency to this day.

What I do

My work keeps me busy developing websites in WordPress and DNN most of the time. I am very interested in learning more about Jamstack, which is why I chose Astro to build this very website.

There is nothing you can't build with Astro. Static sites now can compete with dynamic websites built in CMS systems such as WordPress, you can even create E-commerce solutions with static site generators.

My Skills

Now I do need to be honest about my skills. JavaScript is not my strong point, however I am learning!

Part of the reason why I wanted to build my personal site in AstroJS is because it would force me to learn JavaScript.