So you want to become a web developer? You’re going to need a powerful online portfolio to help you stand out from the crowd. In this article, we’ll discuss tips for creating your own web developer portfolio and share varied examples from some of the top web developers on Upwork.
What is a web developer portfolio?
A web developer portfolio is a website that showcases a developer’s past projects. The typical portfolio will contain:
- A gallery or list showcasing past projects
- A list or description of skills and services offered
- Any certifications, awards, testimonials, or recognition
In many cases, the website itself serves as a testament to a developer’s website design creativity and development skills. Web developer portfolios can be as varied as the web developers themselves. In the next section, we’ll dive into 10 examples of personal websites from freelance web developers on Upwork.
10 web developer portfolio examples
Now that you know what to include in a web developer portfolio, it’s time for a little inspiration. Let’s review these examples of web developer portfolios contributed by freelancers on Upwork:
1. Moiz Amir Ali
As the owner of Deliver Design, Moiz Amir Ali presents a solid example of an agency portfolio site complete with testimonials, product packages, and multiple project portfolio galleries tied to the types of services advertised.
From MySQL, GraphQL, and Salesforce to AWS Athena, Deliver Design sports a number of skills. While they could have listed this information or peppered it throughout the on-page copy, they instead opted for a unique sliding graphic displaying all the web technologies they support.
2. Tamal Sen
Tamal Sen is both a software engineer and a front-end developer, with a diverse range of skills including React, Flutter, Python, Java, and TypeScript.
The website is personal, leaning heavily into the programmer aesthetic, including a dark theme with faint integrated development environment (IDE) code in the background. Subtle animations encourage visitors to scroll down the page through a gallery of skills and past work.
One key thing to notice is how the portfolio includes a lot of past projects. Instead of using a generic collage of projects, Tamal Sen shows off UX skills by highlighting a featured project first and varying the sizes of project screenshots for past work.
3. Othmane Nejdi
Othmane Nejdi is a full-stack developer with the love of a UI/UX designer. Listed skills include all things JavaScript, such as React, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, and Ember.js, as well as UI/UX design through Figma and Adobe XD.
Sometimes simple is best, and the slick black branding, typography, and copy show off personality as well as skills. This online portfolio is a good example of a SPA, where clicking a menu item scrolls you to the relevant section.
4. Alexandr Rozumenko
Alexandr Rozumenko is the founder of itartweb, a Drupal development company that specializes in the development of large technically complex B2B, B2C, and C2C projects.
One challenging goal when creating web animations is striking a balance between eye-catching visuals and overly flashy noise. This agency site achieves that balance, sporting slick animations that appear only on the initial scroll, showing off the team’s CSS capabilities.
After the page sections have loaded, the site is largely static except for tasteful mouseover effects, giving the viewer time to process the information on the page.
5. Chintan Mathukiya
Chintan Mathukiya is a full-stack web developer with more than 6 years of experience in Laravel and CodeIgniter framework in the back end and Vue.js in the front end.
CM Web solution uses a polished agency website to attract clients and showcase past projects. Because they offer expertise for a variety of technologies, clicking on a profile links not just to the project website, but to a dedicated page that details which technologies were used on the project.
6. Krushal Sonani
Krushal Sonani is a front-end web developer with a solid background in JavaScript frameworks like ReactJS and Vue.js and is also intimately familiar with the MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js) software stack.
At first glance, Sonani’s project portfolio gallery matches the minimalist aesthetic of the rest of the website. But when you hover over one of the projects, tasteful animation brings the tile to life, enticing a click-through to see more.
7. Yevhen Saienko
Yevhen Saienko is a software developer with a passion for DevOps who specializes in building custom web solutions for complex high-load services and APIs.
Web Magic is top-rated on Upwork. The agency delivers full-cycle web development (from conception to development and support).
You don’t need to rely on flashy animations to be successful. Web Magic’s homepage leverages an eye-catching 3-tone color scheme to clearly present information about their skills, services, portfolio, and contact methods. By cutting the animations, their webpage loads quickly and directs visitors efficiently to their contact form.
8. Sumit Vekariya
Sumit Vekariya is an enterprise-level web and mobile application developer with a strong background in JavaScript technology stacks such as Angular, Flutter, and Node.js.
The portfolio takes a strikingly minimalist UI design relying primarily on text and empty space to draw attention to the details that matter most.
A subtle glitch effect immediately draws your eyes to the name, front and center, in bold, black, all-caps letters. The subtitle, stylized as an active terminal, cycles through “Full Stack Software Engineer” and “Based in India,” with specific skills below in static type.
Potential employers and clients alike get everything they need to know in a glance without having to scan the page.
9. Maria Stankevich
With over 13 years of web design experience, Maria Stankevich has a track record of satisfied customers that speaks for itself. The business, Neva Design, specializes in Shopify and WordPress development.
While many developers leave their portfolios hidden behind a menu or below the fold of their single-page app (SPA), Neva Design chooses to let the team’s work promote their abilities, placing a tastefully arranged collage of past projects front and center at the top of the landing page.
10. Shoaib Shafqat
Shoaib Shafqat is a full-stack developer who specializes in WordPress and WooCommerce, with development skills combining the prowess of a PHP back-end developer with the creative flair of a JavaScript front-end developer.
Sometimes an online resume is all you really need. The clean typography and a straightforward, to-the-point, single-scroll homepage help place broad technical skills front and center.
