Macclesfield Web Design, SEO and App Development

Mike Irving - Web and Mobile App Developer

ASP.NET Web Design, Search Engine Optimisation & Mobile App Development

Welcome to the website of Mike Irving, Web Design, Mobile App Development and SEO Specialist.

I am from the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire, not far from Manchester, UK.

I have been working as a Web Developer since 2002, starting with ASP (JavaScript and VBScript Syntax versions) and SQL, and now working largely in ASP.Net 4.0 (C# Syntax), utilising technologies including Web Services, AJAX and LINQ.

On the client side of Web Design, I am a competent HTML / XHTML programmer, I use CSS, and I write multi browser compliant code that conforms to the relevant W3C standards.

I am also highly experienced in client-side code, programming cross-browser JavaScript (ECMAScript).

I made may first mobile app for the Apple iPhone in 2010,
and I am now actively developing Mobile Apps for iOS Devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad).

Since 2007, I have worked at leading Macclesfield Web Design Company Silkmoth Limited, where I now hold the position of Senior Web Developer.

Prior to my current position at Silkmoth,
I was working for a leading SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Company, based in Cheshire.

I have experience in the following technologies:
ASP, ASP.Net (C#), C++, Objectivex-C, SQL Server, T-SQL, AJAX, LINQ, Web Services, HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, RSS, IIS and Microsoft Access.

The main programs I utilise for web design and development include:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Adobe Photoshop.

For iOS App Development I am now using Xcode on a Mac, programming in Objective-C and Cocoa. My initial apps were developed using Microsoft Visual C++ and DragonFireSDK.

I build websites for all versions of the following web browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple Safari and Google Chrome.

Other Technologies I have experience in:
MySQL, Borland Delphi, Microsoft Visual Basic, some Apache, PHP and JSP.