Ilias Lazaris
Frontend Developer at Web Tools Weekly
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolIlias Lazaris is a seasoned front-end developer and author with over 14 years of professional experience and a web development career stretching back to 2000. He combines hands-on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress and PHP work with a strong background in technical writing, editing, and public speaking, having co-authored and proofread multiple books and contributed to top publications like Smashing Magazine and CSS-Tricks. Founder and curator of a popular tech newsletter with ~11,000 subscribers, he curates tooling and short tutorials for front-end and full-stack developers while managing editorial and advertising relationships. His contributions to MDN Web Docs show attention to standards and clarity, updating API docs to reflect evolving web platform status. Based in Vaughan, Ontario, he brings a rare blend of design sensibility, content craft, and practical front-end engineering, plus experience in email development and accessibility best practices.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Specialist Diploma, Web Design/Development, Web Development Specialist Diploma, Web Design/Development at Computer Technology Institute (now triOS College)
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Github Skills (15)
html10
ref10
api-documentation10
refer10
web-standards10
documentation10
htaccess6
css6
internet-explorer6
opacity6
mod-rewrite6
apache6
gradient6
ipad6
javascript4
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
mdn/content
Dec 2020 - Feb 2022
The content behind MDN Web Docs
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 review, 15 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Ilias's contributions centered on modifying existing documentation files within the MDN Web Docs repository. Specifically, the commits consistently involved removing "experimental" warnings from multiple pages related to the MediaKeySession API. This suggests a focus on updating and refining existing documentation to reflect the evolving status of web standards. The user’s work primarily impacted the clarity and accuracy of the documentation for specific API elements.
cssjavascriptreferencefundamentalsmdn
impressivewebs/Easy-HTML5-Template
Nov 2011 - Nov 2019
A simple starting point for your HTML5 projects.
Contributions:13 commits, 2 pushes in 8 years 1 month
starting-pointcssjavascriptpointhtml5
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