Rachel Andrew is a Director of edgeofmyseat.com, a UK web development consultancy and creators of the small content management system, Perch; a W3C Invited Expert to the CSS Working Group; and Editor in Chief of Smashing Magazine. She is the author of a number of books including The New CSS Layout for A Book Apart and a Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies.
She curates a popular email newsletter on CSS Layout, and is passing on her layout knowledge over at her CSS Layout Workshop.
When not writing about business and technology on her blog at rachelandrew.co.uk or speaking at conferences, you will usually find Rachel running up and down one of the giant hills in Bristol, or attempting to land a small aeroplane while training for her Pilot’s license.
Rachel Andrew guides us through a tour of the last fifteen years in CSS layout, as manifested in articles here on 24 ways. From the days when Internet Explorer 6 was de rigueur, right up to the modern age of evergreen browsers, the only thing you can be sure of is that the web never stands still for long.
Rachel Andrew shows us which direction is up on a gift that looks great but comes with complex instructions. Like most operating manuals CSS specifications can seem overwhelming, but it turns out that some of the most daunting tasks can be simple when you know what you’re doing.
Rachel Andrew unwraps the unwanted gift of browser bugs with a look at getting started with the Web Platform Tests suite. Perhaps this Christmas you could contribute some tests and give your favourite browser bug a watch of wondering love.
Rachel Andrew opens the door on next generation CSS to bring us tidings of Grid joy. But rest not on your laurels, we must look to what comes next for the specification. Gold may be just around the corner, but whence will the frankincense and myrrh appear?
Rachel Andrew unwraps the new paradigms of web layout, comparing their features and showing how they can free us from grid-based, div-infested frameworks. Beautifully wrapped boxes look lovely under the Christmas tree, but we need to think and break out of them.
Rachel Andrew shakes us out of our winter slumber to wake us up to better, safer and more productive processes using version control, Git repositories and deployment services. You just know that Santa uses a staging server before deploying that final list…
Rachel Andrew unwraps the CSS3 grid layout module and sets out how its new properties can break the ties between source order and layout, and rescue us from the quaking ground of floats. Support is limited to IE10 right now, but Christmas and New Year are times for looking forward to the future.
Rachel Andrew illustrates how, as more modern browsers come online, CSS3 selectors can be used to get some of the junk out of our front and back-end code, and how JavaScript can be used to provide a fall back for older browsers.
Rachel Andrew delves into the world of CSS generation and looks at some CSS techniques that will prevent you from tearing your hair out as well giving you more time to shop for a hat to cover the bald patches.
Rachel Andrew discusses an approach to rapid and reliable CSS development. Save hours of layout work and testing on your next CSS build – time that could be better spent roasting chestnuts or baiting children.
