Elisabeth Robson is an accomplished software author, developer, and educator with over 15 years of experience blending hands-on engineering, technology training, and product leadership. A Yale-trained computer scientist, she co-founded WickedlySmart and has sold more than half a million copies of her Head First series books, pairing approachable teaching with practical front-end and design-patterns code contributions on GitHub. She has led engineering and training programs at organizations such as O’Reilly Media and the Walt Disney Internet Group, and continues to create online courses and consulting work as a principal and self-employed technologist. Passionate about broadening participation in computing, she co-created The Ada Project—the web’s first resource for women in computing—and has applied those communications skills to climate and civic campaigns. Known for translating complex topics into engaging learning experiences, she combines deep technical chops in Java, web development, and software architecture with a talent for instructional design.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Mac and iPhone development, Certificate Mac and iPhone development at University of Washington
MPhil Computer Science, MPhil Computer Science at Yale University
Sustainable Business Practices, Sustainable Business Practices at Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Code for Head First HTML5 Programming by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:63 commits, 1 push, 2 comments in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Elisabeth primarily contributed to the front-end development of the project, focusing on HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Their work included adding and updating HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. The user added functionality related to canvas usage, including the creation of a smiley face, a triangle, and a tweetshirt application that utilized user-generated content.
Code for the 2nd edition of Head First HTML and CSS
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:26 commits, 3 pushes, 8 comments in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Elisabeth primarily contributed to the development of HTML and CSS for a book about web development. They added and modified HTML files to create website pages, including content, structure, and basic styling. The commits show the addition of content, images, and links, along with the implementation of CSS for layout and design elements, demonstrating a focus on front-end web development.
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