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Well… That’s Another Year… Or, is It?

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2013 Will Rock More

2013 Will Rock More

If you are into JavaScript Engineering / Front End Development (and chances are very high that you “are” if you are reading this) you must have realized that every year things evolve exponentially faster than the former one.

In the year 2012, so many awesome articles, tools and resources were released; and so much passion, time and energy was invested in establishing standards and finalizing new APIs.

Also the developer tools have become even better (take recent changes in Firebug, for example — or the “Framed Mode” in Chrome Developer tools.

So for those who think HTML5 won’t be ready until, say 2050… I say “Bah, humbug!”.

Actually that phrase takes me back to the year 2006, and it belongs to a thought leader, whom you (have to) know — sometimes I think that I’ve a photographic memory of some sort :)

Anyways, W3C has officially announced that HTML5 is done and HTML5.1 is on the agenda. And browser vendors are working aggressively hard to implement as many of the HTML5 features as they can.

I don’t care if some “Sugar Mountain” utters that HTML5 is not good enough to be used in a mobile application — Bah, humbug!

JavaScript Interview Questions” in the New Year

The rapid evolution of the industry was also a core part of what I’ve e-mailed to the readers of JavaScript Interview Questions today.

Bottom line of my message was that acing your job interview like a Samurai was only part of the equation. Your aim should be to be “great” at what you do (not to be a great “virtual realitiy” game (i.e. interviews) player, instead).

And it’s not only a message for the book’s audience, but also a reminder for everyone who want to be ahead of the competition. So I have an urge for repeating myself here:

To be a great JavaScript Engineer, you have to keep track of everything and update yourself with a continuous stream of knowledge, technologies, and tools. I don’t know you, and I really “love” being a part of this (r)evolution!

Yes everything is evolving rapidly. And during all this hassle, my aim is to come up with a “time-independent” book, that won’t get “rusted“. And to reach this aim, I…

  • Try to give be as much platform/framework agnostic as possible (giving plain old JavaScript examples);
  • Try to provide enough supporting material to establish firm grounds to stand when an interviewer asks you a tricky question;
  • Try to “incept” a thirst to read an learn more in the reader (and serve this thirst by providing further reading material which is really hard to gather with a naive google search – have I told you that I have a good memory ;) ?).

I’m not sure whether I’m successful in these goals. Especially the last one is the hardest and trickiest one ;) — And I’d love to hear your comments and suggestions that can make “JavaScript Interview Questions” book rock.

Yet I have been (and I will be) thoroughly enjoying writing the book. To be honest, I even use the material for my personal reference. And it’s “awesome” to refer to something you’ve written in your daily work.

I hope the readers of the book are enjoying their read too.

And more importantly, this blog post wouldn’t have existed if it wasn’t you who have supported me through your motivational comments and emails. And even knowing that you’re reading this and I’m making a net positive difference in your perception on not only JavaScript, but also on the interview “virtual reality” as a whole, is an excellent motivation to sit on my arse and continue writing the book.

So I owe a big thank you to you, who help me make an impact.

Currently I’m working on the “Patterns” section of the book, and I believe that section will be ready by the end of January, 2013.

Until then, have a good one and enjoy the festive season!


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