about
Started with
her passion for building websites. Margo spent many years as a project manager in IT with NatWest and Coutts & Co. but by exploring her computing skills realised she could add most value in the online world. So she studied hard to learn the right skillset.
In addition to her BA Econ degree, Margo is proficient in various web technologies and has obtained certificates in Web Technologies and Advanced Website Development, as well as finishing top of her class at the rigorous London based bootcamp, Makers Academy.
Margo has developed applications at Mint Digital, M&S and is now senior web developer at Money Advice Service.
Learned
to build a basic website, you really only need to know HTML. If you want to make it look nice, you need to know CSS. To make the page more engaging by including behaviours such as fades, sliders and rotating banners, you need jquery or javascript. To make it dynamic, you need to know a database language and a language to interact with the database.
And that's before you get into design, SEO and api's such as geolocation, twitter feeds and weather updates.You can learn most of this stuff online. The resources are endless and include online tutorials, downloadable pdfs and open source code. Here's a nod to a few really good ones. Feel free to contact margonline with any recommendations
- HTML and HTML5
HTML5 Foundations - PHP, MySQL and Javascript
Larry Ullman - CSS-Tricks
Chris Coyier - Stunning CSS3
by Zoe Gillingwater - Responsive Web Design
by Ethan Marcote - Up to date Front End Technologies
Front End Technologies - Wordpress
WordPress Codex