Planning-Inspectorate/applications-service
Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
3 Months active
Languages Used
JavaScript
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentDatabase ManagementNode.jsPrismaBackend DevelopmentExpress.js
Kostas Pap
PROFILE
Kostas Pap
Kostas Papanikolaou contributed to the Planning-Inspectorate/applications-service and back-office repositories by building and refining features that improved data integrity, accessibility, and user experience. He implemented atomic, transaction-safe service user management using JavaScript and Prisma, ensuring reliable database operations and preventing duplication. In the back-office, Kostas enhanced UI accessibility and maintainability through CSS and SCSS refinements, and introduced conditional UI elements for published representations. He also developed middleware for session and back link management, addressing navigation correctness and language handling. His work demonstrated depth in backend and frontend development, with careful attention to robust testing, code refactoring, and maintainable design patterns.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
60%Features
Repository Contributions
11Total
Bugs
2
Commits
11
Features
3
Lines of code
813
Activity Months4
Your Network
57 peopleSame Organization
@planninginspectorate.gov.uk40
Work History
October 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Implemented key UI improvements for published representations in Planning-Inspectorate/back-office. Delivered a conditional 'Unpublish all published representations' button, introduced a reusable counting utility to ensure accurate on-page counts, and removed unused imports and dead code, reducing technical debt. These changes enhance editor UX, improve reliability of published-state displays, and streamline future maintenance.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Implemented key UI improvements for published representations in Planning-Inspectorate/back-office. Delivered a conditional 'Unpublish all published representations' button, introduced a reusable counting utility to ensure accurate on-page counts, and removed unused imports and dead code, reducing technical debt. These changes enhance editor UX, improve reliability of published-state displays, and streamline future maintenance.
October 2025
September 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for Planning-Inspectorate/applications-service focusing on the Register of Advice back link language handling and test coverage. Implemented fixes to session back link logic to prevent lang=undefined, refactored updateLangQuery for clarity and robustness, and expanded unit tests to cover back link behavior from the detail page with a selected language and the edge case when no language parameter is present. These changes reduce user-visible language mismatches during navigation and improve test coverage for language-aware flows.
September 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for Planning-Inspectorate/applications-service focusing on the Register of Advice back link language handling and test coverage. Implemented fixes to session back link logic to prevent lang=undefined, refactored updateLangQuery for clarity and robustness, and expanded unit tests to cover back link behavior from the detail page with a selected language and the edge case when no language parameter is present. These changes reduce user-visible language mismatches during navigation and improve test coverage for language-aware flows.
August 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-08 (Planning-Inspectorate/applications-service): Delivered a back link management feature to stabilize navigation for the Register of Advice flow. Implemented middleware to clear the registerOfAdviceBackLink session variable when navigating to the index route, preventing stale back navigation and incorrect redirection. Refactored supporting utilities and updated tests to validate back link behavior. This work reduces navigation confusion for users and improves correctness of the back navigation stack, with positive impact on user flow through the applications service.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-08 (Planning-Inspectorate/applications-service): Delivered a back link management feature to stabilize navigation for the Register of Advice flow. Implemented middleware to clear the registerOfAdviceBackLink session variable when navigating to the index route, preventing stale back navigation and incorrect redirection. Refactored supporting utilities and updated tests to validate back link behavior. This work reduces navigation confusion for users and improves correctness of the back navigation stack, with positive impact on user flow through the applications service.
August 2025
July 2025
3 Commits
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 performance highlights: Delivered focused, value-driven improvements across back-end services and front-end UI. Implemented atomic, transaction-safe service user management in the applications-service and performed UI/text accessibility and styling refinements in the back-office, aligning with data integrity, accessibility, and maintainability goals. The work emphasizes reliability, consistent UX, and scalable patterns for future changes.
July 2025
3 Commits
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 performance highlights: Delivered focused, value-driven improvements across back-end services and front-end UI. Implemented atomic, transaction-safe service user management in the applications-service and performed UI/text accessibility and styling refinements in the back-office, aligning with data integrity, accessibility, and maintainability goals. The work emphasizes reliability, consistent UX, and scalable patterns for future changes.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness88.2%
Maintainability85.4%
Architecture80.0%
Performance81.8%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
JavaScriptNunjucksSCSS
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentAccessibilityBack End DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCSSCode RefactoringDatabase ManagementExpress.jsFront End DevelopmentJavaScriptMiddlewareMiddleware DevelopmentNode.jsPrismaSession Management
Repositories Contributed To
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Planning-Inspectorate/back-office
Jul 2025 – Oct 2025
2 Months active
Languages Used
NunjucksSCSSJavaScript
Technical Skills
AccessibilityCSSFront End DevelopmentUI/UXBack End DevelopmentCode Refactoring