PHP was my first programming language, and my initial exposure to JavaScript was through libraries like jQuery. There were things about JavaScript that always seemed to trip me up in the beginning due to how they worked differently than PHP. Heck there are still some things today that are confusing. I want to [...]
JavaScript is a language that people would use without learning it first, which is by mistake that
you would not make in other language – Douglas Crockford
I’m a huge fan of Douglas Crockford, and that has a lot to do with how I learned JavaScript. Like many web developers, [...]
I have a long drive to work, and one of the things I do to pass the time regularly is listen to podcasts in the car. I really enjoy programming podcasts and conference talk recordings, and it’s a really great way to educate yourself on the go. I wanted to throw a shout out to [...]
I’m usually not a fan of these posts, but I felt that doing some reflection would be therapeutic for me. Fair Warning: this post is probably going to be very self-indulgent.
In 2012:
My wife and I had our second baby boy My wife and I got married (we did it backwards) Finally talking to my grandparents [...]
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