I’m Fred Wu, a web developer and designer based in Melbourne, Australia. I design and build websites and web applications, since 1997.
Have built the first website back in 1997, and started working in the IT industry since in high school. Worked in online publishing, building and promoting websites as well as web hosting before becoming a professional web developer and designer.
Have always been a quick leaner and enthusiastic about the industry. Below are some of the key experience during the past few years.
- 11 years web publishing experiences (create / maintain websites as the site owner)
- 6 years dynamic (database-driven) website publishing experience
- 5 years online community management experience
- 3 years web development and design experience
- 3 years open source development experience
- 3 years PHP / MySQL experience
- 2 years MVC design pattern experience
- 2 years CodeIgniter development experience
- 2 years Linux server administration experience
- Exposed to Ruby / Ruby on Rails / Python / Django
- Exposed to RESTful design
Specialities and Design Philosophy:
- Ability to grasp knowledge and technologies in a short time
- Attention to detail
- Solving problems rather than creating blind solutions
- Living on edge (constantly looking into new technologies)
- Less is more / simplicity sells / getting things done
Major Development Skills:
- PHP / MySQL
- CodeIgniter / Kohana / Zend Framework
- JavaScript (jQuery / YUI / ExtJS / others)
- Ruby on Rails
- XML
- AJAX
- SCM (Source Code Management, with Subversion and Git)
- TDD (Test-Driven Development)
Major Design Skills:
- (X)HTML / CSS
- W3C standard
- SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
- Adobe Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator, etc)
- Flash / Flex
- JavaScript
- Usability
- User experience
