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I love programming. Even if I still had to use Perl I still wouldn't give it up. Admittedly that's because I like Perl, but I also freely admit I'm more produc
by wanda 10y ago
I love programming. Even if I still had to use Perl I still wouldn't give it up.
Admittedly that's because I like Perl, but I also freely admit I'm more productive with full-stack JavaScript.
That said, I wouldn't mind writing about programming, but I can't afford to stop my day job.
I'd love to write an ebook on JavaScript, a spiritual successor to Marijn Haverbeke's Eloquent JavaScript but using ES6/ES7.
Maybe also a book effectively about making your own JavaScript framework — beginning as a way to build a simple website or MVP without jumping on a framework bandwagon. The book would later develop into a cautionary tale, warning against reinventing existing frameworks like Angular or Ember. All culminating in a sober recommendation to choose vanilla JavaScript and direct DOM manipulation for simple websites and MVPs; later upgrading to React and Redux for a large-scale, client-side applications, esp. if a team is involved.
I'd also like to write an ebook about CSS and how to use it effectively — not as in "pure CSS solution to problem x which is actually in JavaScript's domain" rather "CSS doesn't work like that, it works like this, see?"
Maybe also a series of primers: CORS, React, ES6, CSS, 60fps animation/UI on the web, web accessibility...
- weavie 10y ago> That said, I wouldn't mind writing about programming, but I can't afford to stop my day job. What's stopping you getting started in your spare time? Even an hour a day in the evenings will add up. You have a lot of good ideas, but they aren't going to write themselves! :-)
- wanda 10y agoI'm married. What spare time I do have is inevitably eroded by wanting to spend time with my partner. What remains is not easily used for writing a coherent book.