Rachel Andrew is a British web developer, author and speaker. She is an Invited Expert to the

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(W3C)

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, Google Developer Expert, and a former member of the

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. She is the editor-in-chief of

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Education

Andrew took

online courses Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and Education sciences, educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. When referred to with its abbreviation, edt ...

Open University The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...

Career

Andrew began working as a web developer in 1996 at a

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company that folded during the Dot-com bubble burst. She said that she became self-employed afterward because it was more stable. In 2001, she founded edgeofmyseat.com,'''' the web development company behind ''Perch CMS,'' a

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, and ''Notist'', an application for building

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portfolios''.'' Andrew is a Technical Writer at

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, and works on

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on behalf of Google and

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.'''' Andrew has authored or co-authored more than twenty books about web development. She is also a regular contributor to

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, and speaker (notably at An Event Apart).An Event Apart
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Books

* Rachel Andrew.
The New CSS Layout.
' A Book Apart. Published:Oct 10, 2017. * Jeremy Keith, Rachel Andrew.
HTML5 for Web Designers
'. A Book Apart. Published:First Ed. May 4, 2010; Second Ed. Feb 17, 2016. * Rachel Andrew
''Get'' ''Ready For CSS Grid Layout''
'.'' A Book Apart. Published:Jan 7, 2016. * Rachel Andrew. ''The Profitable Side Project Handbook''. Publication date: January 2014
Author website
* Rachel Andrew. ''CSS3 Layout Modules''. Publication date: August 2014
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.
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.
The CSS3 Anthology (4th Edition)
'. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: March 2012 * Elliot Jay Stocks, Paul Boag, Rachel Andrew, Ben Schwarz,

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, 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

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and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

, and worked backstage in the

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

as a

carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. ...

.'''' At age 22, Andrew became pregnant and started

freelancing ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

as a

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, processing documents like Curriculum Vitaes (CVs).'''' During her time as a typist, Andrew spent time on

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to connect with other parents, and learned

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from the other participants.'''' She later taught herself other

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and started working as a web developer.'''' Andrew lives in

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and has a daughter.''''

References

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