Personal Portfolio – Nethmin Kavindu

This is my personal portfolio website built with React and Vite.
It showcases my profile, interests, skills, certifications, projects, and includes an option to download my resume.

🔗 Repository: https://github.com/NKG-S/Portfolio

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✨ Features

• Home / Intro

  • Short introduction about myself
  • Clean, user-friendly layout with smooth animations

• About

  • My background and areas of interest
  • Skill set (technical and soft skills)
  • List of certifications

• Projects

  • Projects section highlighting my work
  • Each project includes a title, description and technologies used
  • (Optional) Links to GitHub repos or live demos for each project

• Resume Download

  • Dedicated tab/button to download my latest resume as a PDF

• UI / UX

  • Responsive design for desktop and mobile
  • Simple, consistent theme and smooth animations
  • Built as a static website for fast loading

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React (with Vite)
• Language: JavaScript (ES6+)
• Styling: CSS
• Build Tool / Dev Server: Vite

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🚀 Getting Started

Follow these steps to run the project locally.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (LTS version recommended)
• npm (comes with Node.js) or yarn/pnpm

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/NKG-S/Portfolio.git
cd Portfolio

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Run the development server

npm run dev

Then open the URL shown in the terminal (usually http://localhost:5173) in your browser.

4. Build for production

npm run build

This will generate an optimized production build in the dist folder.

5. Preview the production build (optional)

npm run preview
# or
yarn preview
# or
pnpm preview

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🔧 Customization

You can customize the portfolio content by editing the React components inside the src/ folder, for example:

• Intro / Home section: Update your name, tagline, and short introduction
• About section: Update interests, skill set, and certifications
• Projects section: Add or modify project cards (title, description, tech stack, links)
• Resume: Replace the existing resume file (PDF) and ensure the download link points to the correct file

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📦 Deployment

Since this is a static React + Vite project, it can be deployed easily to platforms like:

• GitHub Pages
• Netlify
• Vercel

Build the project with:

npm run build

Then deploy the contents of the dist folder to your hosting provider.

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📧 Contact

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions!

• GitHub: @NKG-S
• LinkedIn: Nethmin-Kavindu

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