Charanjit ChanaHTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP & MySQL
Web Development
My name is Charanjit Chana and I am a web developer with over 8 years of commercial experience, currently working as the ScrumMaster and Lead Web Applications Developer in an agile team at Hornbill. Over the last 8 years, I have built web sites and web applications in all shapes and sizes for commercial, creative and small businesses. I enjoy working in organised teams and with a range of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery as well as working with PHP, MVC frameworks and MySQL.
I have a keen interest in user experience and user interface design & implementation. I work to modern web standards as well as striving for cross browser compatibility, accessibility and delivering semantic markup and following best practices for SEO.
I have had the pleasure of working for some great agencies and corporations since graduating from Kingston University. They include Monkeehouse (now part of Rainmaker), XM London (now part of Ogilvy), Sky and now, Hornbill.
My personal projects include a popular PHP class that interacts with Nike+, a currency conversion tool and two Chrome extensions. Board Printer allows you to print your cards from Trello and Slim Lists allows you to see more lists at the same time.
I enjoy working in a MAMP/LAMP environment, building attractive, functional and accessible websites. I also enjoy writing code that has been unit tested and making regular releases.
Key skills
- HTML5 & strict XHTML
- CSS2, CSS3 & CSS frameworks
- LESS (lessphp)
- Bootstrap
- 960 Grid System
- JavaScript frameworks
- jQuery & jQuery mobile
- Prototype JS & script.aculo.us
- YUI
- UI & UX
- Mobile & responsive layouts
- Media queries
- jQuery Mobile
- PhoneGap
- PHP (OOP & MVC)
- CodeIgniter
- PEAR
- CakePHP
- Symfony & Doctrine
- MySQL
- Agile, XP & scrum
- Certified ScrumMaster
- Over 5 years experience
- Test driven development
- PHPUnit
- QUnit
- Accessibility & SEO
- Subversion & Git
- Apache & PHP configuration
- ITIL v3 Foundation
Portfolio
Having worked for a range of companies, I have had the opportunity to deliver some great applications and web sites, like the ones below:
- Sky News International
- The Cloud / Sky Wifi
- Sky Arts
- Sky's MailSwitcher
- BSkyB Pensions
- Angela & Friends
- Unpackaged
- Dan Tobin Smith
- Walker Bushe Associates
- NG Kids
- Blue International Properties
- GadgetStylist.com
- Staggerin
Other clients
As well as working on a range of website, I have also had the chance to work with and for national and global brands like:
- Hornbill
- British Sky Broadcasting
- XM London, Ogilvy & MEC
- Monkeehouse, Studio Output & Soda
- Newsquest
- HSBC
- uSwitch
- Maharishi & DPMhi
- Leader of the House of Commons
- SaBRE
- IFSL & The City UK
- Malaria Hotspots (GSK)
- Platinum Guild International
- Harvey Nichols
- Evian
Personal projects
Social networks
Nike+
I have now covered 245.77miles using Nike+, burning 32,690 calories.
Contact me
Please feel free to get in touch with me by sending an email to hello@charanj.it or you can find me on twitter.