Here’s a quick roundup of books that I’ve read this year. Also see my review of The Software Craftsman by Sandro Mancuso. Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi A book I read after seeing the recommendations by Daragh Byrne and Xavier Morera on Simple Programmer. This is a deep book, that is quite long and heavy. Very thought-provoking. I think I will read…
This is a review of the 5th course in the HTML5 learning path on Pluralsight. This follows on from courses such as HTML5 Fundamentals and HTML5 Advanced Topics. Whereas earlier courses took a quick look across a wide range of APIs, this is much more of a deep dive look at some of the most important APIs in…
This is a review of the third course in the HTML5 learning path on Pluralsight. The previous course is HTML5 Fundamentals, which is also by Craig Shoemaker. Whereas the HTML5 Fundamentals course was updated to a 2nd edition, unfortunately this course hasn’t been. There is still a lot of relevant and useful information in this…
HTML5 Fundamentals by Craig Shoemaker was one of the first Pluralsight courses I ever watched, but then it was retired and replaced with a fully updated second edition, which I’ve only just got around to watching almost 3 years later. The good news is that HTML5 is now mostly supported by all of the major…
Testing Clientside JavaScript is the final course in the JavaScript Learning Path on Pluralsight. This is the longest of all these courses; almost 5 hours in total. If you are new to unit testing in JavaScript then I recommend watching the entire course, but if you are only interested in learning a particular framework you…
Fixing Common JavaScript Bugs by Elijah Manor This is a review of the penultimate course in the JavaScript Learning Path on Pluralsight. TL;DL This course examines common bugs exposing each problem and how to solve it, helping prevent you from making these mistakes gain a better understanding of how JavaScript works. It is a gem of…
Structuring JavaScript Code by Dan Wahlin This course is similar to JavaScript Design Patterns in so far as it is all about design patterns in JavaScript, however this course covers the design patterns aimed at improving the structure of your code, rather than implementing any specific feature. I found this course easier to understand than Aaron’s…
JavaScript Design Patterns by Aaron Powell This course takes things up a level – it will be challenging for beginners to take everything in the first time they watch this. There are many topics covered here that will help professional developers write better JavaScript. Aaron introduces this course saying that JavaScript requires a certain level…
JavaScript Fundamentals by Liam McLennan Note that this course was recorded in 2011 and therefore does not cover any of the new ES2015 features. However learning the earlier version of the language is a good idea in my opinion. This one of the first Pluralsight courses I ever watched, which was back in 2012. At…
Learning to Program: Getting Started by Scott Allen Usually Scott Allen teaches intermediate to advanced courses, but here he shows that he can teach to any audience by presenting this course on getting started with programming. You do not need to have any experience in programming, either in JavaScript or another programming language. This course…
Zombie Code Kill 