Learning and Developing JavaScript with Ashley G. Williams and Kyle Simpson
Description:Ashley and Kyle know a thing or two about teaching JavaScript.
These two wonderful people will jump on and chat with us about
learning and developing this wonky language called JavaScript.
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Links, Picks, and Tips:Ashley G. Williams
- Links: If you wish to learn ES6 from scratch you must first invent the universe at JSconf2015 and Breakfast Repo
- Tips: Investigate the programming languages you use as tools and Learn about different programming paradigms and translate side projects into them
- Picks: Javascript Allonge, Hello Declarative World!my ES6 implementation, Simple Made Easy, Rich Hickey, and Growing a Language, Guy Steele
Kyle Simpson
- Links: MakerSquare, Build Your Own Angular, BannerFrom NAND to Tetris, and Thunder Plains Conference
- Tips: Give yourself deadlines to learn stuff (talk to give or blog to post) and Unplug and sharpen the ax
- Picks: David Nolen (cognicast episode), BlissfulJS, and ES6 & Beyond
Brian Lonsdorf
- Tips: Start procedural => Learn OO => Learn FP
- Picks: Jared Tobin Recursive Types and Hard Jones’ Computational Effects
Kent C. Dodds
- Tips: Contribute to Open Source (What open source project should I contribute to?)
- Picks: Slides.com and TodoMVC
Lin Clark
- Tips: ESLint use it! To start using it on large codebases, add all files to .eslintignore and then tackle files one by one. This cuts down on the number of collisions with other PRs. Look for additional plugins, like the React ESLint plugin, and you can create your own
- Picks: Async & Performance (plus the whole YDKJS series) and Understanding ES6
Matt Zabriskie
- Tips: Use ESLint to enforce code style.
- Picks: Foo Fighters Saint Cecilia EP (free on iTunes)
About JavaScript Air:JavaScriptAir is the live broadcast podcast all about JavaScript hosted by egghead.io instructor Kent C. Dodds. Please visit the JavaScript Air website (javascriptair.com) to see upcoming and past episodes. Also be sure to follow JavaScript Air on Twitter and Google+ to stay up to date with future episodes. Also, all episodes are on the YouTube channel as well.