The latest articles on DEV Community by Ronald Sevilla (@ronsev). https://dev.to/ronsev https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3774239%2F4bf5d3c0-2fac-495b-a2b5-c477420c5146.jpeg https://dev.to/ronsev en Ronald Sevilla Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:48:25 +0000 https://dev.to/ronsev/my-first-portfolio-api-integration-project-4fo1 https://dev.to/ronsev/my-first-portfolio-api-integration-project-4fo1 <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fu84r3i520sc7nau8pvfc.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fu84r3i520sc7nau8pvfc.png" alt=" " width="800" height="393"></a><a href="https://shironxiao.github.io/PersonalPortfolio/" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Hi everyone! 👋</p> <p>I recently built a simple portfolio website as part of my school requirement. This project demonstrates how I used APIs to dynamically fetch and display data instead of hardcoding everything in HTML.</p> <p>🔧 Technologies Used</p> <p>HTML</p> <p>CSS</p> <p>JavaScript</p> <p>GitHub API</p> <p>Dev.to API</p> <p>EmailJS (MailJS) API</p> <p>💡 What This Project Does</p> <p>Fetches my repositories from GitHub and displays them dynamically</p> <p>Shows my latest blog posts using the Dev.to API</p> <p>Includes form validation for contact and inquiry sections</p> <p>Sends emails directly from the website using EmailJS</p> <p>Simulates transaction processing (with success/error messages)</p> <p>🎯 Why I Built This<br> The goal of this project was to:</p> <p>Practice working with APIs</p> <p>Understand JavaScript validation and data processing</p> <p>Learn how to simulate backend behavior without a real database</p> <p>Implement client-side email functionality using MailJS (EmailJS)</p> beginners