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Rachel Andrew
Web developer from the UK

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. She is the editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine.

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Education

Andrew took online courses at Open University.5

Career

Andrew began working as a web developer in 19966 at a .com company that folded during the Dot-com bubble burst.7 She said that she became self-employed afterward because it was more stable.8

In 2001, she founded edgeofmyseat.com,910 the web development company behind Perch CMS, a content management system, and Notist, an application for building public speaking portfolios.11

Andrew is a Technical Writer at Google,12 and works on MDN Web Docs on behalf of Google and Mozilla.13

Andrew has authored or co-authored more than twenty books about web development.1415 She is also a regular contributor to A List Apart,16 and speaker (notably at An Event Apart).17

Books

  • Rachel Andrew. The New CSS Layout. A Book Apart. Published:Oct 10, 2017. ISBN 978-1-937557-68-3
  • Jeremy Keith, Rachel Andrew. 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. 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. 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, 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".18 She originally trained to be a dancer and choreographer, and worked backstage in the theatre as a carpenter.19 At age 22, Andrew became pregnant and started freelancing as a typist, processing documents like Curriculum Vitaes (CVs).20

During her time as a typist, Andrew spent time on internet forums to connect with other parents, and learned HTML from the other participants.21 She later taught herself other programming languages and started working as a web developer.22

Andrew lives in Bristol, United Kingdom23 and has a daughter.24

References

  1. "We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/ ↩

  2. "We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/ ↩

  3. "Rachel Andrew - The Web Standards Project". Retrieved 2021-11-29. https://www.webstandards.org/about/members/randrew/index.html ↩

  4. "We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/ ↩

  5. "Open University Results". The site of Rachel Andrew, writer, speaker and web developer. Retrieved 2021-11-29. http://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2003/12/18/open-university-results/ ↩

  6. "We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/ ↩

  7. "Rachel Andrew". startingandsustaining.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/ ↩

  8. "Rachel Andrew". startingandsustaining.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/ ↩

  9. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  10. "StackPath". www.deque.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/ ↩

  11. "StackPath". www.deque.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/ ↩

  12. "Deque Systems Adds Renowned Speakers to Axe-con 2022 Line-up". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deque-systems-adds-renowned-speakers-160100075.html ↩

  13. "StackPath". www.deque.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/ ↩

  14. "The New CSS Layout by Rachel Andrew". A Book Apart. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://abookapart.com/products/the-new-css-layout ↩

  15. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  16. "An Event Apart: Rachel Andrew Speaker Profile". aneventapart.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew ↩

  17. An Event Apart https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew ↩

  18. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  19. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  20. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  21. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  22. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩

  23. "about web developer, writer and speaker Rachel Andrew". Rachel Andrew official website. Retrieved 2018-01-10. https://rachelandrew.co.uk/about/ ↩

  24. "Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html ↩