State Library of NSW: Drupal 7 to 10, React and performance
Summary: as Senior Web Developer / Drupal Developer ( to , Sydney), I worked on the Drupal 7-to-10 migration, built React front ends connected to Drupal, and led performance audits that improved average page load times by about 30%.
Led performance audits that improved average page load times by about 30%.
What I worked on
- The Library's corporate website and public products: Oral Histories, the Greek Australian Archive, Library Bar, Imagine Exhibition and Sydney Elders.
- The Drupal 7-to-10 migration: reusable content models, custom modules and themes, forms and regression tests.
- React and TypeScript front ends connected to Drupal.
- An Oral Histories audio player with synchronized transcript highlighting and progress tracking.
- Reusable CMS templates and components so editors could manage pages without developer help for every change.
Sydney Elders
Greek Australian Archive
Imagine Exhibition
Library Bar
Live products
- oralhistories.sl.nsw.gov.au
- greekaustralianarchive.sl.nsw.gov.au
- librarybar.sl.nsw.gov.au
- imagine.sl.nsw.gov.au
- sydneyelders.sl.nsw.gov.au
I coordinated with design, QA, content and product teams on accessibility, browser testing and release checks. Related reading: Why I build headless Drupal.
