Read your resume from Github, Gitlab, and Bitbucket all at once
Tags: javascript, webdev, showdev, node
Published: 2021-03-24 18:23:33

Github: [https://github.com/jkga/json-resume-template](https://github.com/jkga/json-resume-template)

**Q: Have you wrote more than *ten(10)* resumes in your lifetime?**
**Q: Have you edited your resumes ever since?**
**Q: What year you did you receive your college degree?**
**Q: Looking for your resume on your computer and it is nowhere to be found?**

##If you believe you have those questions on your mind, maybe it is time for you to take a short break and think
> *resume1.pub*, *resume-new.docx*, *resume-latest.docx*, *myresume*

Almost a year ago, I wrote an article for the dev and non-dev person to help them easily create their own [online portfolio](https://dev.to/jkga/portfolio-generator-built-with-nextjs-json-resume-1cpa) in just a few minutes.The process was basically forking a repository and editing `JSON` file which was structured based on [json-resume](https://jsonresume.org/). Setting up is breeze!

```js
   // Sample JSON-Resume
    {
    "basics": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "label": "developer",
      "image": "https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/...",
      "email": "johndoe@gmail.com",
      "phone": "(111) 333-4567",
      "website": "http://johndoe.com",
      "summary": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consecte...",
      "location": {
        "address": "22111 Makiling",
        "postalCode": "4027",
        "city": "Calamba",
        "countryCode": "PH",
        "region": "Philippines"
      }
    }
  }
```
> :link: https://github.com/jkga/json-resume-template/blob/master/index.json

Aside from being pretty easy and straight forward to create, there are are more advantages on this approach   

:white_check_mark: Standard format for your resume   
:white_check_mark: Easily track every changes   
:white_check_mark: Stored online and centralized platform   
:white_check_mark: Sharable and Accessible 24/7   
:white_check_mark: Computer program friendly  

> :bulb: A friendly reminder: If possible, please refrain from adding sensitive information.   

> :bulb: For more info, please visit their official website by clicking [this link](https://jsonresume.org/)

Though using a `json-resume` **offers a lot of benefits**, it might not be suitable for some instance and there could be a much better approach that will work for you in certain cases. After all, getting started with `json-resume` is easy. So why not try?
   

# Writing your first JSON-RESUME

#### Resume in Github

1.) Fork :fork_and_knife:this [boiler plate](https://github.com/jkga/json-resume-template) to your account by clicking the "Use this template" button on the repository page  
 ![image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/zpz8cog00sxl9nb01g6p.png)   

2.) Write `about.me` on the repository name 
![image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/nnp4u33nabmuezg3xoxo.png)
 
 > :warning: Make sure that your repository name is set to `about.me`. Otherwise, you will receive a `profile not found` message   



3.) Update `index.json` with your personal information *(you can do this later)* 

#### Other Version Control Platform
1. Create a repository and name it `about.me`
2. In the recently created repository, make a new file `index.json`   
3. Go to [this webpage](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkga/json-resume-template/master/index.json) and copy all the content
4. Paste the content to `index.json` then **save**

### Testing
Go to [https://me-web.now.sh/[ :man:your_github_username_here]](https://me-web.now.sh) to check if everything is working

#### Sample
[https://me-web.now.sh/potvillage](https://me-web.now.sh/potvillage)



##🎉 🎉 Congratulations for your first JSON-Resume!!! 🎉 🎉 

If you have any question or feedback, please type it on the comment box. This is just a short article but I hope you gain some insight on what is `json-resume` all about and how can you use it in the future. The next part would showcase a [package](https://github.com/jkga/opr) that you can use for reading all resumes across different platforms. So please stay tuned! Have a great day ahead and keep safe!