Lauren Clark

Lauren Clark

Essex
Open to Work

I'm a UX Designer & Web Developer who specialises in creating intuitive user experiences and beautiful, responsive websites, which get found - and noticed! Deep Web Diver & Knowledge Sponge.

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Skills & Experience

  • Job Title

    Front End Web Developer / WordPress / UX

  • Spoken Languages

    • English

404 Achievements

  • Setting up with Create React App
  • React Component Patterns
  • Stateful Components and Lifecycle Methods
  • Managing State and Data Flow
  • The Rough Plan
  • Practice forEach
  • Practicing Object Basics
  • Creating a Command Line Weather Application
  • Handling Errors in Node
  • Getting Data From an API With Node
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Practicing Getters and Setters
  • Callbacks and the DOM
  • Going Further with Grid Layout
  • Flexible Sized Grids
  • Introducing Grid Layout
  • JavaScript Objects and Conditionals
  • JavaScript Arrays and Loops
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Data Types and Variables
  • JavaScript Tools and Workflows
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • Introducing 'Four in a Row'
  • Stateful Components
  • Introducing Props
  • Thinking in Components
  • First Steps in React
  • Callbacks with Timers
  • Introduction to Callback Functions
  • Build Modular Interfaces with Components
  • Testing for Accessibility
  • Mobile Accessibility
  • Accessible UI Patterns
  • Semantic HTML and WAI-ARIA
  • WCAG 2.0 (and Other Standards)
  • Access for Everybody
  • Getters and Setters
  • Working with jQuery Collections (2017)
  • Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal (2017)
  • Introducing jQuery (2017)
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • GitHub and Other Remote Repositories
  • Managing Committed Files
  • First Commits
  • Building a Layout with Flexbox
  • Flexbox Properties
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • Positioning Page Content
  • CSS Layout Project
  • Page Layout with the Float Property
  • Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes
  • Getting Started with CSS Layout
  • How to Critique Design
  • Introducing Sketch
  • Introducing Vue
  • Meet Selenium
  • Recursion and Space Complexity
  • Algorithms in Code
  • Time Complexity
  • Playing a Counting Game
  • Thinking in Components
  • Getting the REST You Need 2
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Going Further with HTML
  • Images, Text and Links
  • JavaScript Frameworks, Libraries, and Developer Roles
  • JavaScript Outside of the Browser
  • Structuring Your Content
  • Getting Started With HTML
  • The Internet
  • PHP on the Web
  • Daily Exercise Program
  • Unit Converter
  • Getting to Know PHP
  • WordPress Plugins
  • WordPress Themes
  • The WordPress Customizer
  • Managing Media in WordPress
  • Managing Content in WordPress
  • Improving the Application Code
  • Editing and Filtering Names
  • Adding and Removing Names
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • The Browser Environment
  • JavaScript Objects
  • Finishing the Game
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Create Function Using Arrow Syntax
  • Using Template Literals
  • Defining Variables With let and const
  • Object Basics
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Scrum Events
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • Communicating with a RESTful API
  • Getting the REST You Need
  • More Advanced PHP for WordPress
  • PHP Basics for WordPress
  • First Steps in React
  • Gulp your JavaScript workflow!
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Welcome to Gulp.js
  • Introducing Scrum
  • What is Agile?
  • Introduction to PHP for WordPress
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • Computer Languages
  • Getting Started with BuddyPress
  • WordPress Settings API Overview
  • Computer Basics
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Loops
  • Hooking Into WordPress Plugins
  • Action Functions in WordPress
  • Filter Functions in WordPress
  • An Overview of Hooks in WordPress
  • How To Test Our Code
  • Database Security
  • Queries & Results
  • Getting Started with PDO
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Error Handling
  • Creating Distributable OOP Packages
  • Autoloading and Composer
  • Databases and International Concerns
  • Starting Right with PHP Best Practices
  • Controllers
  • Routes and Templates
  • Getting Started with Ember.js
  • PHP Internal Functions
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • Running an Ecommerce Site Long Term
  • Extending WooCommerce
  • Managing Orders in WooCommerce
  • Managing Products in WooCommerce
  • Setting Up WooCommerce
  • Introduction to Ecommerce with WordPress
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Finishing Your WordPress Theme
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Building Out WordPress Navigation
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • The WordPress Loop
  • WordPress Header and Footer Templates
  • Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes
  • Starting a WordPress Theme
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Getting Started with Advanced Sass
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP Datatypes
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • PHP Getting Started
  • Laravel & Databases
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Laravel Controllers
  • Laravel Project Setup
  • Laravel Getting Started
  • Spriting with Compass
  • Compass Helper Functions
  • Compass Layout and Typography
  • Getting Started with Compass
  • Things That Count
  • Ins & Outs
  • Say Hello to Python
  • Workflow Basics
  • Vector Shapes
  • Type Tools
  • Masks Basics
  • Layer Basics
  • Workspace Basics
  • The WordPress Codex
  • Owning a WordPress Site Long Term
  • WordPress Community Management
  • Working with Media in WordPress
  • Adding and Editing Content
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • Pointers and Memory
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Functional Programming in C
  • Fundamentals of C
  • AJAX and APIs
  • Finding Good WordPress Plugins and Themes
  • Managing Comments on a WordPress Blog
  • Working with Media in WordPress Blogs
  • Posts and Pages in WordPress
  • Blogging with WordPress Overview
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  •  Adding Color and Type
  • The Logo Sprint
  • WordPress User Roles
  • Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page
  • How WordPress Plugins Work
  • Ruby Strings
  • Objects, Classes, and Variables
  • Ruby Basics
  • Installing a Ruby Development Environment
  • Launching a WordPress Site
  • WordPress and Forms
  • Extending WordPress Template Functionality
  • Converting Static HTML into WordPress Templates
  • Preparing to Code WordPress Templates
  • WordPress Theme Functions
  • Slices & Save for Web
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • Setup a Bootstrap Theme
  • What's New in Foundation 5
  • Build a Website With Foundation
  • Prototyping With Foundation
  • Grid Layout
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • Float Layout
  • Display Modes
  • PHP Inheritance & Interfaces
  • PHP Properties & Methods
  • PHP Objects and Classes
  • Customizing Google Maps
  • Google Maps Integration
  • jQuery Plugins
  • Form Validation and Manipulation
  • Local WordPress Development
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • WordPress Themes
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Limiting Results in Queries
  • Using Relationship Tables
  • Filtering Input for Queries
  • Querying the Database
  • Connecting to MySQL
  • Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database
  • SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions
  • Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL
  • Manipulating Schema with SQL
  • Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL
  • Reading Data from Databases with SQL
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • Paginating a List: Model and View
  • Paginating a List: Controller
  • Adding Search: Model
  • Adding Search: Controller & View
  • Refactoring the Codebase
  • Cleaning URLs with Rewrite Rules
  • Cleaning URLs with Subfolders
  • Integrating Validation Errors
  • Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project
  • Working with PHP Functions
  • Integrating With Paypal
  • Listing Inventory Items
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Moving Forward with UX
  • Tools UXers Use
  • How UXers Think
  • What Do User Experience Designers Do?
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • JavaScript Objects
  • Build a Website With Bootstrap
  • Prototyping With Bootstrap
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • Important Skills For Professional Success
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • JavaScript Strings
  • Introduction Variables
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Website Basics
  • WordPress Theme Templates
  • Content Strategy with WordPress
  • Customizing WordPress
  • Logo Design 101
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
  • Managing Comments
  • Adding and Editing Content in WordPress
  • Configuring WordPress
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Control Structures
  • Basics
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Responsive Design
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Adaptive Design
  • Fluid Foundation
  • Introduction to Responsive Web Design
  • Color Theory
  • Principles
  • Elements
  • Media Queries
  • CSS Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Gradients
  • Web Typography
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Launching the Website
  • Styling Content
  • Creating a Website Structure
  • Text Editors and HTML
  • Website Basics
  • DNS Basics
  • Graphic Basics
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Introduction
  • Creating an Icon
  • Creating Content
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • Introduction to Blogging
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Newbie