Hello!
I’m Bruce Hyslop—a freelance front-end developer, author, teacher, and speaker who is passionate about the web.
Please feel free to reach out regarding any of the above.
Or, just to say “hello” (back).
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HTML and CSS
Visual QuickStart Guide,
Eighth Edition
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HTML Pocket Guide
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Web Design Boxed Set
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Pocket Guides
(Peachpit Press)
Other Writing-related
Multiple articles for my site CSS Makeovers (see below).
Copyeditor for A List Apart, a leading magazine in the industry.
My Work
HTML. CSS. JavaScript. Related tools of the trade. Performance optimization. Accessibility. Advocating for users. Leading front-end teams. Collaborating across disciplines. Client interactions. Scope evaluation. Scheduling. Risk management.
Client Work
Freelance clients have included A Hundred Years, BLITZ, HyperHyper, POSSIBLE, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Suzie Roth Design, and US Auto Parts/AutoMD, among others.
Previously, while at Schematic (now POSSIBLE), projects included those for ABC, Dell, Disney, FOX, ITV, Microsoft, Musician’s Friend, T-Mobile, Target, Telecom Italia, and dozens more.
Personal Projects
CSS Makeovers: teaches how to build a variety of layouts (including from popular sites) using CSS’s latest layout capabilities, with an emphasis on CSS Grid.
Revival Houses: aggregates movie times, ticket info, and more for Los Angeles’s premiere revival houses and repertory cinemas.
Teaching
UCLA (undergrad), UCLA Extension, and Meetups.
UCLA: Taught seniors how to apply HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to their media thesis projects. Lessons were tailored to their projects’ needs.
UCLA Extension: Taught a six-week CSS course that I created.
Meetups: Volunteer for Girl Develop It Los Angeles as a TA and mentor. Volunteer for Learn Teach Code LA as a mentor. Ran a two-hour front-end code review session that focused on best practices (Nov 2017).