Web Dev full-stack [LAMP] since 2005, but much heavier on the JS stuff these days.
Jack of all Stacks, Master of some.
Always looking to learn new things. Always glad to help out, just ask.
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Atlanta, GA
Education
B.S. in Biochemistry 2004, M.S. in Computer Information Systems 2007
Alex, this is great stuff, it really is, but man for someone coming in new to web dev this is an unscalable mountain of information.
Also, it's so long that by the time they finish reading it half of it's probably changed lol.
I don't have a better way of going about it and you put in a ton of effort, but yea i feel it's too much for newbies to read just because it's information overload, especially considering most newbies won't need to know 90% of it to get their job done.
Still, a great write up and any dev should take the time to read through it at some point, it's worth the little nuggets you pick up even when you are experienced.
I'm definitely open to idea for better ways of presenting, I'll probably continue to iterate and tweak over time. I think I probably need to move part of the introduction here and lead off with hammering down how the intent is to be something to reference as topics come up organically, not to consume as a whole.
Particularly around the idea that there's only about 5 things you really should know before starting to apply to front end roles. Everything else can just be picked up on the job.
One thing I will counter with confidence though is the idea that these things will change anytime soon. I think that maybe with only the exceptions of the discussions on front end frameworks and maybe the devops, everything else here would be exactly as relevant when I started 5 years ago as it is today.
The focus really is on the fundamentals, and those things have been pretty stable and rock solid for a long time, with no indication that's going to change anytime soon 😄
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Alex, this is great stuff, it really is, but man for someone coming in new to web dev this is an unscalable mountain of information.
Also, it's so long that by the time they finish reading it half of it's probably changed lol.
I don't have a better way of going about it and you put in a ton of effort, but yea i feel it's too much for newbies to read just because it's information overload, especially considering most newbies won't need to know 90% of it to get their job done.
Still, a great write up and any dev should take the time to read through it at some point, it's worth the little nuggets you pick up even when you are experienced.
I'm definitely open to idea for better ways of presenting, I'll probably continue to iterate and tweak over time. I think I probably need to move part of the introduction here and lead off with hammering down how the intent is to be something to reference as topics come up organically, not to consume as a whole.
Particularly around the idea that there's only about 5 things you really should know before starting to apply to front end roles. Everything else can just be picked up on the job.
One thing I will counter with confidence though is the idea that these things will change anytime soon. I think that maybe with only the exceptions of the discussions on front end frameworks and maybe the devops, everything else here would be exactly as relevant when I started 5 years ago as it is today.
The focus really is on the fundamentals, and those things have been pretty stable and rock solid for a long time, with no indication that's going to change anytime soon 😄