Jeremy Keith is an Irish

web developer A web developer is a programmer who develops World Wide Web applications using a client–server model. The applications typically use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in the client, and any general-purpose programming language in the server. is used ...

, writer, speaker, and musician. He authors a popular

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, and has written several books including ''DOM Scripting'', a guide to

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with

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and the

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. He curated the dConstruct conference, and co-founded Clearleft in 2005 with Andy Budd and Richard Rutter.

Books and articles

''DOM Scripting''

Keith's book ''DOM Scripting'' is a guide to enhancements to web pages using JavaScript and

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. It assumes some preexisting knowledge of

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. The first edition was published in 2005 (). Chapter 5 is available online as well as in print.

''Bulletproof AJAX''

Keith's book ''Bulletproof AJAX'' is a “step-by-step guide to enhancing Web sites with

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...

”. It assumes some preexisting knowledge of

. The first edition was published in February 2007 (). The introduction is available online as well as in print.

''HTML5 for Web Designers''

Keith's book ''HTML5 for Web Designers'' is a guide for introducing

web designer Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design (UI design); authoring, including standardised code an ...

s to

HTML5 HTML5 is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. It is the fifth and final major HTML version that is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendation. The current specification is known as the HT ...

. The first edition was published in 2010 (). The book is available online as well as in print.

''Resilient Web Design''

Keith's book ''Resilient Web Design'' is a book about web design. The first edition was published in 2016, the book is only available online, it's a web book.

''Going Offline''

Keith's book ''Going Offline'' is a guide to service workers. It was published on 24 April 2018 by A Book Apart.

Public Speaking

Jeremy Keith gave opening or closing keynotes at

and

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conferences, and is a frequent speaker at design and interaction conferences, most notably An Event Apart.

Open source work

Jeremy Keith has contributed to a number of open source projects using

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Other work

* HuffDuffer creator * Open Device Lab founder * Science Hack Day first organizer *

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initial release designer * AMP Advisory Committee 2020-2021 * Homebrew Website Club Brighton organizer * Codebar Brighton coach

Salter Cane

Keith plays

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

in the Brighton rock band Salter Cane.

References

External links

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Jeremy Keith on the Design Principles of HTML5
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