Resources
Developer portfolio guides
A portfolio is a claim about what you can build, plus the evidence for it. These guides cover what belongs in it, how to structure a portfolio website, and how to judge your own honestly.
Guides
Main guides
14 min read
How to make a developer portfolio
The complete walkthrough: what a portfolio proves, what to include, how to choose projects and what order to build it in.
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How to make a portfolio website
One page, five sections, deployed free. Structure, copy prompts, stack choices and the deployment steps.
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How to make your developer portfolio stand out
Seven things that actually differentiate a junior portfolio, and five that people believe do but don't.
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Developer portfolio examples
Three worked examples at different levels, broken down section by section with what works and what doesn't.
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Portfolio website template
Section-by-section structure and copy for a developer portfolio site, with a worked example.
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Free Developer Portfolio Toolkit
Seven checklists and templates covering the portfolio, GitHub, README files, case studies, website and projects.
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Articles
9 min read
What Should a Software Engineering Student Put on Their Portfolio?
A specific answer for students: what to include, what to leave out, and how to handle coursework, group projects and the things you are still learning.
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How to Build a Portfolio With No Professional Experience
What to show when you have never been paid to write code — and why the answer is not 'more tutorials'.
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10 Things Every Junior Developer Portfolio Should Have
The ten elements that separate a junior portfolio that gets replies from one that gets skipped — and the order to add them in.
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Start with the free toolkit
Seven files that cover what your portfolio needs, how to clean up GitHub, how to document a project and what to build next. If it turns out you want the whole system afterwards, it will still be here.
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