Honza Javorek
I am a software engineer from Prague, Europe. I understand web APIs, love open source and documentation, and code in Python or JavaScript.
Highlights
After 5+ years of developing API design tools in Apiary, a successful startup acquired by Oracle, I founded my own project, junior.guru. It helps people to start learning how to code and to get their first job in tech. I'm also writing What is an API?, learning materials for people starting with APIs.
Since 2011 I have been helping to drive the growth and success of the Czech Python User Group. For years I have been participating in volunteer-driven meetups, courses, workshops, conferences, nonprofit, and more.
For almost five years I have been leading the development and maintenance of Dredd, an open source tool for testing HTTP APIs. The number of GitHub stars went up 5 times since when I took over the project.
In 2016 I wrote an article about two personalities of developers, which went viral in the Czech Republic. It got republished, followed-up, mentioned in mainstream media, and I get invited to speak about the topic.
Appearances
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Tips & Tricks on How to Get Your First Job In Tech
Dec 2020 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Deset mýtů o práci programátorů: pokud uvažujete o rekvalifikaci, neskočte na ně
Nov 2020 — Hospodářské noviny (online, CZE)
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Boření mýtů a užitečné rady pro každého začátečníka. Honza Javorek vydává příručku o hledání první práce v IT
Oct 2020 — CzechCrunch (online, CZE)
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Profil zákazníka: Junior Guru
Sep 2020 — Fakturoid Blog (online, CZE)
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Dopady pandemie COVID-19 s Honzou Javorkem
May 2020 — Engeto Blog (online, CZE)
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Kafemlejnek.TV, díl 52. – Junior Guru
Apr 2020 — Kafemlejnek.TV (Prague, CZE)
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Dredd - Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool - Interview with Honza Javorek
Mar 2020 — SurviveJS (online, FIN)
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Keynote: Lessons learned from 9 years of community work
Feb 2020 — PyCon Namibia (Windhoek, NAM) — slides
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Lessons learned from 9 years of community work
Oct 2019 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Using Cucumber as a language-agnostic spec
Oct 2019 — Hive Talks (Prague, CZE) — slides
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What is an API?
May 2019 — PyWorking (Prague, CZE) — text
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Docs in Sphinx
Nov 2018 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE)
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Docs in Sphinx
Nov 2018 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE)
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What is an API?
Nov 2018 — PyWorking (Prague, CZE) — text
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Two personalities of developers
Oct 2018 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Two personalities of developers
Oct 2018 — Night of Chances (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Why not sh and what to use instead
Sep 2018 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE) — text
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String formatting
Jun 2018 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE) — slides
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Python and Open Data
Mar 2018 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE)
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Test your API docs!
Feb 2018 — Write The Docs (Amsterdam, NLD) — slides
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Test your API docs!
Feb 2018 — FOSDEM (Brussels, BEL) — slides
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Static blog in Pelican on GitHub Pages
May 2017 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE)
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How corporations can attract good engineers
May 2017 — HR professional community (Prague, CZE) — text
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Design APIs for humans and test what you promised
May 2017 — Hive Talks (Prague, CZE) — slides
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Describe, test, develop
May 2017 — Practical aspects of software design, Brno University of Technology (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Unsolicited life advices
May 2017 — Practical aspects of software design, Brno University of Technology (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Because web API testing should be easy
Mar 2017 — PyCon SK (Bratislava, SVK) — slides
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API
Feb 2017 — Python User Group (Ostrava, CZE)
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Honza Javorek not only about Python
Oct 2016 — CZ Podcast (Prague, CZE)
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How to learn programming (in Python)
Oct 2016 — Python User Group (Ostrava, CZE) — slides
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Dredd
Jun 2016 — Symfony User Group (Prague, CZE) — slides
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Dredd
May 2016 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE) — slides
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pip install
Apr 2016 — PyLadies (Prague, CZE) — slides
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Judge Dredd brings justice to your API!
Mar 2016 — Devel.cz (Prague, CZE) — slides
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How to learn programming (in Python)
Jan 2016 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE) — slides
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Designing APIs - Mastering HTTP is just beginning
Sep 2015 — WebExpo (Prague, CZE) — slides
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API design life cycle + Dredd
Jun 2015 — Rubyslava Conf'15 (Bratislava, SVK) — slides
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PyCon CZ
Jun 2015 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE)
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Keynote: the past and the future of the Python User Group
Apr 2015 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE)
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PATCH
Apr 2015 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE) — slides
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Pandoc & new python.cz
Feb 2015 — Python User Group + Czechitas (Brno, CZE)
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API design life cycle
Oct 2014 — Nordic APIs Platform Summit (Stockholm, SWE) — slides
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requirements.txt and Heroku
Oct 2014 — Python User Group (Ostrava, CZE)
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How the Python User Group started in Brno
Aug 2014 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE) — text
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Gevent
Jun 2014 — Python User Group (Ostrava, CZE)
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Projects
May 2014 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE)
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REST API MANUAL
Nov 2013 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE) — slides
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Sublime Text 2
Mar 2013 — Python User Group (Prague, CZE)
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How to survive a queue
May 2012 — Python User Group (Brno, CZE) — slides
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How to get the maximum out of CSS
Apr 2011 — Webdesign seminar, Masaryk University (Brno, CZE) — slides
Articles
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Spouštím klub (cs)
Jan 2021 — blog
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I bought Apple Silicon
Dec 2020 — blog
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Become much more what you already are
Sep 2020 — blog
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Není to závod (cs)
Jun 2020 — blog
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Notify yourself from Python
May 2020 — blog
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How I consume content
Feb 2020 — blog
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How I deploy
Jan 2020 — blog
view more on my blog, dev.to, zdrojak.cz, and medium.com
Projects
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honzajavorek/junior.guru
Learn to code and get your first job in tech 🐣
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honzajavorek/cojeapi
What is an API?
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pyvec/docs.pyvec.org
Czech Python user group docs
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pyvec/python.cz
Czech Python user group homepage
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apiaryio/dredd
Language-agnostic HTTP API Testing Tool
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honzajavorek/cartoonist
Convert a photo of a hand drawing into SVG/PDF
view more on my GitHub