Hello! I’m Alex Pike, an Automation Engineer (SDET Lead) employed by Planit Testing, based in Sydney, Australia.

I create automated, end-to-end, API and component testing solutions using the latest frameworks and tools to mitigate risk in products and ensure quality in code as part of a complete CI/CD pipeline.

Github / Resume / LinkedIn / Email

Professional Projects

Cypress TypeScript Demo

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An implementation of the Cypress testing framework in TypeScript created as a demonstration of a native implementation, using best practices and practical methods.

Github

SugerAgent TypeScript Demo

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An implementation of SuperAgent API library in TypeScript created as a demonstration of how to do API testing based off of Swagger's sample Petstore server.

Github

Class Projects

AppointmentNow

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A React front-end, utilising Material UI, with a Ruby on Rails API back-end, reponding to axios requests. This project was part of my group, final assignment at Coder Academy.

AppointmentNow is a scalable, booking system customers and providers.

Github / Live

SwordArtisanOnline

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A Ruby on Rails application, utilising JavaScript with the Twilio library. This project was the last assignment of my second term at Coder Academy.

SwordArtisanOnline is a two-way market place for Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) equipment.

Github / Live

Blogapp

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A fully Ruby on Rails application, created as part of 3-day hackaton at Coder Academy in a team of 3 collaborating over Git.

Blogapp is a simple app for creating, reading, editing and deleting blog posts.

Github / Live

Dungeons of Heck

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A Ruby terminal application, utilising third-party gems. This project was the last assignment of my first term at Coder Academy.

Dungeons Of Heck is a simple Doge themed dungeon crawler where you assume the role of a GOOD BOY to destroy HECKIN BAD THINGS across the land.

Github / RubyGems

My First Portfolio Website

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A portfolio website written in vanilla HTML5 & CSS3. This project was the second assignment of my first term at Coder Academy and the first website I ever made.

Github / Live