Hi. I’m Julie. I’m a freelance technical consultant in the Washington DC area, and I also write introductory-level books on web development (now available in 18 languages, from Arabic to Chinese to Polish and just about everything in between).
I’ve worked in web development since 1994, and along the way I also warped young minds taught undergraduate courses in composition, technical and professional writing, literature, and digital technology and culture. Once upon a time I wrote some short-form stuff online; you might have seen some of my work in the late 90s version of Wired’s Webmonkey, or within the last few years at The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s ProfHacker blog (here’s a list of the more interesting posts there).
These days I take consulting gigs, write books, blog here and at nerdtripping.com, and spend some time on the StackExchange network. You can also find me on LinkedIn, Google +, and Twitter.
My Books
Stay tuned for an updated edition of Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL & Apache All-in-One, and an updated Sams Teach Yourself HTML & CSS in 24 Hours (to a pure HTML5/CSS3 title)…2012 will be chock full o’books! Meanwhile, the following titles are my most current and most popular.
Sams Teach Yourself
HTML, CSS, & JavaScript All-in-One
ISBN 0672333325, © 2011
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Sams Teach Yourself
PHP, MySQL & Apache All-in-One (4e)
ISBN: 067232976X, © 2008
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Older Books
I’ve written several books over the years and many of them are out-of-date. If you find them on shelves (virtual or otherwise), I do not recommend that you purchase them—technology moves quickly and they are unlikely to be of much use. You can still see a list of older books if you’re curious.