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I have been on and off Javascript for a long time. It took me till 2018 to get back on track.
I am not quite a beginner and no where near an expert, and can write BS till eternity. That makes me the best qualified person to enlighten you about how to ideally learn Javascript.
I divide this into three categories of learning. My order of preference -
Do stuff while you read, watch or listen: learn, break, repeat cycle. You have to get to this to maximise learning.
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I am a developer (or an imposter who thinks he is a developer).
A developer has to figure out solutions to problems, and sometimes carry the rest of the humanity along for the ride.
I am unique in that - rest of the developers do that 99.99xxx99% of the time, and I fill in the gap.
For that communication to be effective with my fellow humans: I prefer to structure the information, use any means within my reach and in general, not be known as a snob.
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I have written less than five eBooks in my life. I used Amazon to self-publish the book and have it for sale for two weeks now.
The above statements by themselves should be a good indicator of how much I know about the topic of selling eBooks.
But, I being me, cannot really “not write” about my fantastic research in the two weeks hence. I go deep in all kinds of useless topics, and this as “mildly interesting”. I see a ready-invite to invest my time in such topics - find stuff people say, write about, and what folks end up using.
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I had been searching for modern but clean looking themes for one of my older Blogs. I had been using Sahifa earlier.
Although the theme is good and does its job, Sahifa is not really pleasing to the eye. This is my opinion, of course. The way I see websites and Blogs has changed over time (hopefully for the good), and Sahifa did not fit the definition of a “clean”, “minimal” theme.
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I had been a fan of LeanPub. The platform promises easy book authoring using Markdown, and distribute the book to a hungry audience.
However, I am not a big fan of how Markdown is processed in LeanPub. Markua, the flavor (created &) preferred by LeanPub, is not completely aligned to how GitHub and others process the Markdown. I encountered a few problems including images and could not do a lot of experimentation since LeanPub limits book previews / generation to 20 times a month in the free plan.
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If you are like me: you will be creating dime-a-dozen websites that no one is going to read. .. or, care about.
If you are like me, you would want to do that anyway. because.. why the hell not?
All my websites (almost, all) have a logo associated. I am no designer and creating logos is a pain in the neck.
If you Google, you will be inundated with many “free” logo creators that just ask money at the very end. You created the logo for free, but that does not mean you don’t pay for the download.
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I was setting up content for a professional training company that I consult for. We have to do “something different” as compared to many others in the space. One such idea was to setup a closed user group for the course students.
The said forum will enable students to discuss the course, ask questions, and connect with other students/faculty.
The company is profitable but bearly and had its share of expenses lined up. Being a small, bootstrapped company has its advantages, but strong finances is not one of them.
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This is the beginning; the beginning of a journey.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
– Lao Tzu