Episode 028 - JavaScript Universi-LongIslandIce-ty

We’ve all started somewhere. JavaScript isn’t always an easy language to learn. In this episode, we’re joined by Gordon Zhu, who teaches workshops on JavaScript at Watch and Code. We are also joined by Luis Vargas, a Senior Manager on Global Payments at Netflix who has recently been learning JavaScript and has attended one of Gordon’s workshops. In this episode, we all talk about our journey of learning JavaScript and ways we’ve worked through it.

Items mentioned in the episode:
ColdFusion, PHP, Flash, ASP.NET, jQuery, MooTools, Dojo, Backbone, Python, Reddit, Eclipse, Eloquent JavaScript, You Don't Know JS, Speaking JavaScript, CD Baby, Frontend Masters

Guests:
Gordon Zhu - @gordon_zhu
Luis Vargas

Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan
Brian Holt - @holtbt
Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine
Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:
Gordon Zhu - Watch and Code
Gordon Zhu - Ten Things I Have Learned - Milton Glaser
Luis Vargas - Watch and Code
Luis Vargas - Industrial noise blocking headphones
Luis Vargas - Derek Sivers
Ryan Burgess - Austin Maples - Idle Hand Tattoo
Ryan Burgess - Fluid Paint
Ryan Burgess - Abstract
Ryan Anklam - The Expanse
Ryan Anklam - Kahn Academy - Intro To Storytelling
Ryan Anklam - New Day - Radio Edit by Xavier Eleven
Brian Holt - Schiit Fulla
Brian Holt - Synology
Mars Jullian - Forward JS
Stacy London - Chrome Canary - Loads CSS Progressively
Stacy London - Code School
Stacy London - RVK by Nathan Fake

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