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Over the course of the past two and a half years Andrew has gained pratical and first hand knowledge of working with in the creative sector as a web developer. At his position at the Graphic Alliance he proved himself time and time again, which led to the rapid progression from a junior to senior developer.
Several large scale projects have been designed, developed and implemented with Andrew as one of the principle architects. These include a fully fledged bespoke CMS system with over 30 dependant clients, and a innovative E-Commerce system with a suite of powerful and informative vendor admin tools.
Andrews primary programming language is PHP 5, and is sufficient in object orientated development. He is adept in JavaScript, after using the Prototype framework for over two years, making full use of its powerful Ajax libraries.
The nature of Andrews work ensures he fully understands the need for sub version control in particular environments. Yet he can also appreciate there is a definate trade off depending on the project scope, budget and timeframe.
Content Management System
It seems everyone these days have, or have attempted to create their own bespoke CMS. The belief that they can create something innovative, with a fresh approach which will fill that void in the market and potentially be ground breaking, the belief that the thing will be flying off that virtual shelf you've got in your office. In reality it's an extremely competivative market, with some amazing open source solutions present on todays market, Joomla to name drop one.
What defined the CMS project I undertook, and what seemed to impress everyone who was demoed it, was the ease of use. It was really at the fore front of design and development, the ability to drag and drop and interact with the pages you created. This was achieved with prototype and ajax to enable the continuating creation of file versions after every user action, but the ability if an error had been made to simply role the version back! .
Screen shots coming shortly.