Helene Kassandra

Front-End Developer
& UX-designer

Hi! I'm a 28 year old tech geek/gamer from Norway who has a passion for web-development and UX-design. I love music and hate pineapples. Seriously, I don't like pineapple

Work experience

Where & what have I been working with?

June 2020 - Present: Front-End Developer
Designsystem team @ Sparebank 1 Utvikling

Part of the fairly new designsystem team at Sparebank 1 Utvikling, where we work on improving and maintaining the designsystem. Work includes code improvements, design, documentation and co-operation with designers, editors and developers.

June 2018 - May 2020: Front-End Developer & UX-designer
Front-end team @ Posten Norge

Working as an UX-designer and front-end developer in the front-end team at Posten Norge. The front-end team work with improving MyBring UI, and help other departments to make better UI decisions. Previously I worked in the Innovation Division, where I used my skills in UX-design and programming, to be a link between the design and development team.

Feb 2016 - June 2018: Front-End Developer
@ ProTeria AS

Fulltime Front-End developer at ProTeria AS. I took part in the development of their freight system. The work included: Designing and prototyping different user-interfaces, and Front-End programming in languages such as: HTML, CSS, ZPL, C# and Javascript (including Typescript, Knockout JS and JQuery).

Education

What have I been studying?

Feb 2023 - May 2023: Personalledelse
@ Handelshøyskolen BI

Took a single subject at bachelor level within HR mangement. The course covered different HR approaches, HR activities and worker rights.

2013-2016: Bachelor's Degree in Applied Computer Science
@ HiOA (now renamed OsloMet)

Graduated June 2016, with top grade on final bachelor project. Studied subjects like Human Computer Interaction, Universal design, Web-programming, Information architecture, Prototyping, Android and System Development. During my studies I also CO-lead the student organisation HiOA Gaming, and volunteered at a student pub called Samfunnet Bislet.

My Projects

Things I've made outside of work

The Daemon Army - Website
See it live

I created a website for the gaming community I used to lead. The site was created in React, using sanity.io to update and store all the content, which was then fetched through their API. In addition to host a blog and basic information about the community, the site also fetch all the events from the calendar bot on Discord. Allowing admins to create events in Discord, and have it automatically show on the website. The site also messaged the right channel on Discord, whenever a potential member would request a in-game invitation by filling in their username.

Posten Dictionary
See it live

I took the initiative of creating a dictionary for searching up difficult terms and abbreviations used at Posten. The goal was to make it easier for myself and my co-workers to search up terms, that we might come across in documents etc. The site has been shared with different departments, and other people have contributed with their own words and explanations. Created in React.

The Daily Helper - GW2
See it live

My first ever React application, and a re-write of my "Daily gatherer helper" project. The site help Guild Wars 2 players find the best locations to do their daily quests, and it's used by approximately 80 users every day. Created in React, with the help of Guild Wars 2 Official API.

Rock-Paper-Scissors
See it live

A Rock-Paper-Scissors game made with PHP, Javascript, HTML & CSS. I made this game for the members of Alpha Revolver Gaming Community. The idea was that they could play against the community mascot: Cleaver the Beaver. The Illustration is made by me in Affinity Designer.

The Daily Gatherer Helper
See it live

A website that shows users the best locations to finish their daily gathering quests in Guild Wars 2. Created in HTML, CSS, Javascript (including JQuery and Knockout), with help of Materialize and the official Guild Wars 2 API.

Writing

Articles and other texts I've written

Playwright vs Cypress

This article compare the two frameworks, and hopefully make it clearer which testing framework suits your needs the most, by making you aware of their similarities, differences, strengths and weaknesses.

Testing with Cypress

Cypress.io is a tool for setting up, writing, running and debugging tests. Compared to many other testing tools, Cypress allow you see the state of your user-interface during different stages of interaction. In this article I quickly go through the progress of getting started, writing and running your first tests, along with my personal opinion on why you should use Cypress.

How to avoid the wall of frustration

Regardless of how enthusiastic you are laying the first bricks of a project, at some point you’ll realise that the stack of bricks, look suspiciously like a wall, or something different than originally pictured. In this article I cover some of the stages and challenges I faced while I rewriting an application.

WCAG Poem

WCAG is a set of guidelines, required by law to make the web more accessible. I decided to create a poem, summarizing some of the guidelines, and why it is important to follow