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	Design and back-end development are essential for the web, but the exciting area where they meet is front-end development. As a front-end developer, I get to take a design – something that’s beautiful but static – and turn it into an interface, where its components become tools for unique experiences on the web.</p><p>
	So much is at stake in this stage! The best design can be mangled in the hands of someone uninterested or unwilling to juggle the complexities of cross-browser differences. The best deployment can cause problems down the road if someone didn’t build it to be reusable and adaptable. But a great front-end developer brings designs to the fullness of their intention and sets up a webpage to be flexible and successful years into the future.</p><p>
	I use many tools to make websites, but these are my favorites:</p><ul>
	<li><strong>HTML</strong> &mdash; Semantic markup FTW!</li>	<li><strong>CSS</strong> &mdash; Presentation Layer Perfection</li>	<li><strong>JavaScript</strong> &mdash; The little scripting language that could</li>	<li><strong>Craft</strong> &mdash; The fresh, new take on content management</li>	<li><strong>ExpressionEngine</strong> &mdash; The explosively powerful CMS</li></ul><p>
	I work at <a href="http://viget.com/">Viget</a> in Falls Church, VA and also do <a href="/work/">freelance projects</a>. I’m a demon at basketball, I love movies, and I hope I may be so bold as to claim to be a pretty spectacular cook. I enjoy spending my free time with my adorable puppy.</p>