I am Caroline Murphy and I live and work in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Home to Newcastle Brown Ale, Alan Shearer and Newcastle United FC, Hadrian’s Wall, the Tyne Bridge, the Great North Run, music stars such as Sting, Bryan Ferry, Dire Straits, entertainment duo Ant and Dec, director Ridley Scott, the film Get Carter and the inventor of the modern steam railways, George Stephenson!
I now work full-time as a Front-End Developer at Union Room Ltd.
Trying to explain my role is complicated, but put simply, the “Front End” is the visual part of a website the user interacts with, the “Back End” is the code that makes it all work. I would class a “Web Designer” as a someone who designs the website, but not necessarily codes, a “Web Developer” is someone who builds the code but probably wouldn’t have anything to do with the look. A “Front End Developer” belongs somewhere in-between.
Skills
I have an academic background in print and graphic design… I have worked with computers since the age of 12, then self-taught web coding from 17 onwards. Therefore I can appreciate design, understand the User Interaction and needs of a website, and can also build the website from scratch.
Beginner
- Adobe Photoshop
- Drupal [CMS]
- Facebook API
- HTML5 / CSS3
- Mobile App Development
- Twitter API
Intermediate
- Accessibility
- Adobe Illustrator
- Blogging
- Google Maps API
- Graphic Design
- jQuery
- PHP
- Prestashop [e-Commerce]
- MySQL
- Responsive / Progressive Enhancement
- SEO
- Typography
- Web Design
- Wireframing / UX / UI
Advanced
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- HTML
- XHTML
- CSS
- Social Media
- WordPress [CMS]
Interests
I am an active member of Estetica Design Forum. I have a love and passion for print & web design, illustration, fashion, colour, interior design and web development. I share my interests on sites such as Pinterest and ColourLovers.
Treehouse
I am an active member of the Treehouse Group, ran by Treehouse, a resource for learning Web and iOS Development online. I have achieved the following badges:
