As a gemini user I'm pretty much against javascript, but I'd still like
to know what stuff people have made...
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On 2021-05-05, Mhj <genyaarikado@comcast.net> wrote:

As a gemini user I'm pretty much against javascript, but I'd still like
to know what stuff people have made...

Javascript mostly pays my bills. I do a lot of web development in
Nuxt.JS (a VueJS framework) that uses reactive templating with
javascript to quickly build sites. It's pretty handy and builds out good
static content that is still accessible with screen readers, text
browsers, and even without JS enabled.

Ultimately the level of "necessary" JS comes down to what the designers
threw in and got approved. I give advice and feedback to clients and
steer them clear of accessibility issues, but if they still want a crazy interactive BS thing on the site I will build it.

I'm not sure there's much of interest to show here that I've built. My
work is mostly US pharmaceutical sites and sales materials.
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James Tomasino <tomasino@cosmic.voyage> writes:

On 2021-05-05, Mhj <genyaarikado@comcast.net> wrote:

As a gemini user I'm pretty much against javascript, but I'd still like
to know what stuff people have made...

Javascript mostly pays my bills.

Just curious, tomasino, do you have any good resources to learn
Javascript? I know basic programming ideas and stuff, but I've
hesitated learning JS deeply b/c there's so many frameworks, libraries, practices, etc. that I don't know where to begin.
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On 2021-05-05, Case Duckworth <acdw@acdw.net> wrote:

James Tomasino <tomasino@cosmic.voyage> writes:

On 2021-05-05, Mhj <genyaarikado@comcast.net> wrote:
Javascript mostly pays my bills.

Just curious, tomasino, do you have any good resources to learn
Javascript? I know basic programming ideas and stuff, but I've
hesitated learning JS deeply b/c there's so many frameworks, libraries, practices, etc. that I don't know where to begin.

If you're looking for tutorial sites I really like scrimba. Their video
+ editor system is a nice combo of passive and active learning. I'd
suggest picking up the language basics with something like that and not
looking at any frameworks until you complete it. Once you know how
vanilla JS works it may be helpful to refamiliarize yourself with HTML5
and CSS as well before jumping into learning about React or VueJS (don't
bother with Angular). If you complete a basic JS, HTML5, CSS, + 1 or the
other framework training course you'll have a solid foundation to
actually do most stuff. After that it's like anything else. Figure out a project or two you can do to practice it and produce something.
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Awesome, thanks for the Scrimba advice! I'd say I'm pretty versed in
HTML + CSS, so I've been wanting to properly learn JS for some time now
so I can have "the trifecta".
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El 05-05-21 a las 05:51, James Tomasino escribió:

crazy interactive BS

Lol but that's what it is. I kinda like JS though but it can become very annoying that it makes users' computers do the heavy lifting

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I know this wasn't exactly directed at me, but if you're looking for
books, Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja is excellent!

It's by John Resig, the guy who made jQuery and created the JavaScript
course on Khan Academy, and it goes into the important parts of the
language itself without paying much attention to frameworks at all.

It touches on functional JavaScript things like closures, and functional pipelines with .filter, .map, and .reduce. It also digs into the
language in ways that other books I've seen do not, talking about
function application, currying, and tricks with functions you might not
think have any. (Like String.prototype.replace's string traversal when
you pass it a global regex and a function as arguments)

Highly recommended! It's the book that actually got me to like
JavaScript. ^^
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Mhj <genyaarikado@comcast.net> wrote:

As a gemini user I'm pretty much against javascript, but I'd still like
to know what stuff people have made...

The thing I like best about the things I did is Gridmapper: https://campaignwiki.org/gridmapper

Alex
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