Rachel Andrew
{{Short description|British web developer}}
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| name = Rachel Andrew
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| alma mater = Open University
| known_for = CSS expertise
| occupation = Author
Web Developer
| children = 1
| website = {{URL|https://rachelandrew.co.uk}}
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Rachel Andrew is a British web developer, author and speaker. She is an Invited Expert to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) CSS Working Group, Google Developer Expert, and a former member of the Web Standards Project.{{Cite web|title=Rachel Andrew - The Web Standards Project|url=https://www.webstandards.org/about/members/randrew/index.html|access-date=2021-11-29|language=en}} She is the editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine.{{Cite web|date=2017-10-24|title=We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief|url=https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/|access-date=2018-01-10|website=Smashing Magazine|language=en-US}}
Education
Career
Andrew began working as a web developer in 1996 at a .com company that folded during the Dot-com bubble burst.{{Cite web|title=Rachel Andrew|url=https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=startingandsustaining.com}} She said that she became self-employed afterward because it was more stable.
In 2001, she founded edgeofmyseat.com,{{Cite web|title=Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web|url=https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Awwwards|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=www.deque.com}} the web development company behind Perch CMS, a content management system, and Notist, an application for building public speaking portfolios.
Andrew is a Technical Writer at Google,{{Cite web|title=Deque Systems Adds Renowned Speakers to Axe-con 2022 Line-up|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deque-systems-adds-renowned-speakers-160100075.html|access-date=2021-11-28|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}} and works on MDN Web Docs on behalf of Google and Mozilla.
Andrew has authored or co-authored more than twenty books about web development.{{Cite web|title=The New CSS Layout by Rachel Andrew|url=https://abookapart.com/products/the-new-css-layout|access-date=2018-01-10|website=A Book Apart|language=en}} She is also a regular contributor to A List Apart,{{Cite web|title=An Event Apart: Rachel Andrew Speaker Profile|url=https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew|access-date=2018-01-10|website=aneventapart.com|language=en}} and speaker (notably at An Event Apart).[https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew An Event Apart]
= Books =
- Rachel Andrew. [https://abookapart.com/products/the-new-css-layout The New CSS Layout.] A Book Apart. Published:Oct 10, 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-937557-68-3}}
- Jeremy Keith, Rachel Andrew. [https://abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers HTML5 for Web Designers]. A Book Apart. Published:First Ed. May 4, 2010; Second Ed. Feb 17, 2016. {{ISBN|978-1-9375572-4-9}}
- Rachel Andrew. [https://abookapart.com/products/get-ready-for-css-grid-layout Get Ready For CSS Grid Layout]. A Book Apart. Published:Jan 7, 2016. {{ISBN|978-1-937557-26-3}}
- Rachel Andrew. The Profitable Side Project Handbook. Publication date: January 2014. [https://rachelandrew.co.uk/books/the-profitable-side-project Author website].
- Rachel Andrew. CSS3 Layout Modules. Publication date: August 2014. [https://rachelandrew.co.uk/books/css3-layout-modules Author website].
- Harry Roberts, Nicholas C. Zakas, Christian Heilmann, Tim Kadlec, Mat Marquis, Addy Osmani, Aaron Gustafson, Paul Tero, Rachel Andrew, Nishant Kothary, Christopher Murphy. [https://shop.smashingmagazine.com/products/smashing-book-4-ebooks Perspectives on Web Design]. Publication date: November 2013. ISBN (PDF): 978-3-94454060-3. ISBN (EPUB): 978-3-94454058-0. ISBN (KINDLE): 978-3-94454059-7. ISBN (Print): 978-3-94454057-3
- Rachel Andrew. [https://www.sitepoint.com/premium/books/the-css3-anthology-4th-edition The CSS3 Anthology (4th Edition)]. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: March 2012
- Elliot Jay Stocks, Paul Boag, Rachel Andrew, Ben Schwarz, Lea Verou, David Storey, Christian Heilmann, Dmitry Fadeyev, Marc Edwards, Aaron Walter, Aral Balkan, Stephen Hay, Andy Clarke. The Smashing Book 3 - Redesign the Web. Published by Smashing Magazine. Publication date: May 2012
- Rachel Andrew. The CSS Anthology (3rd Edition). SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: August 2009
- Rachel Andrew, Kevin Yank. Everything You Know About CSS is Wrong. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: October 2008
- Rachel Andrew, Dan Shafer. HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS (2nd Edition). SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: April 2006
- Rachel Andrew. Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: September 2005
- Rachel Andrew. The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks (2nd Edition). SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: August 2007
- Rachel Andrew. The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks (1st Edition). SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: August 2004
- Costas Hadjisotiriou, Kevin Marshall, Rachel Andrew. ASP.NET Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. Apress. Publication date: April 2004
- Rachel Andrew, Rob Turnbull, Alan Foley, Drew McLellan. ASP Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. Apress. Publication date: February 2004
- Rachel Andrew, Allan Kent, David Powers. PHP Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. Apress. Publication date: July 2004
- Rachel Andrew, Craig Grannell, Allan Kent, Christopher Schmitt. Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects. Friends of Ed (Publisher). Publication date: October 2004
- Rachel Andrew, Gareth Downes-Powell, Nancy Gill, Kevin Marshall, Drew McLellan. The Dreamweaver Developer’s Instant Troubleshooter. Apress. Publication date: July 2003
- Rachel Andrew, Christopher Schmitt, Allan Kent, Craig Grannell. Dreamweaver MX Design Projects. Glasshaus (Publisher). Publication date: January 2003
- Rachel Andrew, Crystal Waters, Chris Ullman. Fundamental Web Design and Development Skills. Glasshaus (Publisher). Publication date: September 2003
- Rachel Andrew, Alan Foley, Omar Elbaga, Rob Turnbull, Bob Regan. Dynamic Dreamweaver MX. Glasshaus (Publisher). Publication date: July 2002
Personal life
Andrew left school at age 16, reporting that her General Certificates of Secondary Education (GCSEs) were "dreadful". She originally trained to be a dancer and choreographer, and worked backstage in the theatre as a carpenter. At age 22, Andrew became pregnant and started freelancing as a typist, processing documents like Curriculum Vitaes (CVs).
During her time as a typist, Andrew spent time on internet forums to connect with other parents, and learned HTML from the other participants. She later taught herself other programming languages and started working as a web developer.
Andrew lives in Bristol, United Kingdom{{Cite web|title=about web developer, writer and speaker Rachel Andrew|url=https://rachelandrew.co.uk/about/|access-date=2018-01-10|website=Rachel Andrew official website|language=en-US}} and has a daughter.
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