A little about myself...
Well, first things first: my name is Craig Coles and I am from Toronto, Canada. In April 2011 my wife and I moved across the ocean to Amsterdam, Netherlands for my work as a Web Developer. I enjoy my new home immensely and I am going to stay here a while!
I play the guitar and drums in my spare time and also enjoy taking pictures and recording video. Another thing that I really enjoy doing is making websites, and I am very lucky that I get to do this for a living!
Now on to the web developer stuff ...
I take a great a deal of pride in creating excellent visual and highly usable applications. I can provide a full featured content management system or a ground up custom focused solution for your specific needs including Mobile and E-commerce solutions.
My process in a nutshell is to work closely with my clients on all aspects of their site by starting with content strategy then moving to design and layout, development (the coding) and finally search engine optimization to give their site the highest visibility possible.
Along with the above I also provide digital marketing and strategy solutions at the start of the whole process if needed.
I have been developing professional websites since 2006 for many large and small clients. My skill set consists of expert knowledge in the following areas:
- Javascript, with a very strong knowledge of both the native syntax as well as the major frameworks (i.e. Jquery, Mootools)
- CSS, straight out of the box and other methods (SCSS, SASS, LESS)
- HTML, I know the old school HTML 4 all the way through the awkward phase of XHTML and the new fancy HTML 5 stuff
- PHP, I know this language inside and out including the big frameworks (Wordpress, Cake PHP)
- MYSQL, you can't know php without knowing a thing or two about databases
- RUBY, strong set of skills here including the main framwork (Ruby on Rails)
- Mobile, I can build you a great mobile app for both iphone and Android devices!
I hope that this has helped you learn a little more about me as a person and as a web developer, but if there is anything else you would like to know about me, or you just want to ask a random question please feel free to contact me anytime at ccoles AT gmail.com.