The intro of the video course states “familiarize yourself with CoffeeScript” and I did (course link http://bit.ly/1ix4XXb) The other list items of learning in the description are also fairly accurate. The “cake” built tool was demonstrated, using jQuery with coffeescript was demonstrated, built a simple framework was also demonstrated. The inaccurate part of the description is the “Who is this… read more
Overall this video collection of Fluent Conference is a great value with a few useless presentations sprinkled in. The good thing is that you can skip the videos that seem to be useless and this mainly applies to the sessions. If you were to be at the conference, then you would have lost time attending them. Before I mention ones… read more
This is a review of the Web Operations Fundamentals video on O’Reilly. SUMMARY I was interested to watch this video to learn the scope of web operations and compare that with my current knowledge. Overall it is a good introduction to how the internet communicates from browser to server along with network communication via command line. The video and audio… read more
This book is a good read for understanding javascript coding syntax, prototyping, scope, and closure. Although brief and repetitive after Chapter 8, it clarifies several aspects of the language. If you’re an intermediate to advance javascript developer, this book many not be useful to you. The most important thing is javascript’s flexibility. You only use primitives and objects; javascript… read more
This is a book review of Jim Meisenheimer’s book 57 Ways to Take Control of Your Time and Your Life. What a long title, but the book remains succinct in length. I like how the author redefines time management in this book. He puts it in a different perspective. You can not manage time, but you can manage yourself… read more
