life as a front-end developer - kerri-anne ellis

– My background– The Course– The Industry

– What is a Front End Developer?– What does my working day look like?– What is the Industry talking about and what are they interested in?

• Facebook• Mobile – Development for devices • Responsive Web Design• HTML5 and CSS3• Jquery

– Ask me anything!

My Background

The Course

The Industry

www.kerrianneellis.co.uk

www.piratalondon.com

What is a front-end developer?

Important to note:

Not cut and dry – a lot of cross over

Still being defined by the industry

But generally Speaking:

Use HTML and CSS along with Javascript to create semantically sound and accessible web pages.

The parts of the website you see including animations, content , imagery - Front-end developers make living applications from Photoshop images.

Is the bridge between design and code.

Back-End is more to do with databases and information storing using technologies such as PHP and they also create content and maintain CMS’..Not many women in the industry – this is changing!

What does my working day look like?

My Tools

Keeping up to date

Client Meetings and Feedback

http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/facebook-statistics-stats-facts-2011/

What is the industry talking about?

What is the industry talking about?

Yeo Valley Facebook Tab

What is the industry talking about?

What is the industry talking about?

Mobile sites to note:

SpecsaversTFLIMDB

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14731757

http://www.thismanslife.co.uk/projects/lab/responsiveillustration/

What is the industry talking about?

http://cdn1.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/responsive-web-design-4.jpg

Media queries!

What is the industry talking about?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/flash-is-dead-long-live-html5/1633

http://www.html5tutorial.info/

What is the industry talking about?

http://www.modernizr.com/

What is the industry talking about?

http://www.jquery.com

Recommended read Eloquent Javascript

Ask me anything!