Which JavaScript should be taught?
A few weeks ago I taught a class on front end development. At some point I had to face the question: which JavaScript do I focus on? It wasn’t an easy one, but I ended up focusing the JavaScript lessons on the good old ES5. Here’s a bunch of reasons that convinced me: the goal of the company is to port existing apps written in .NET to web technologies. It’s a already a huge switch.
Osteopathy and C++
I bet you’ll never find such an “alternative” title for a blog post :) My backbone has issues. I periodically schedule visits with an osteopath. He’s a doctor, that manipulates bones to unlock mobility of parts of the body and “reset” posture issues. During sessions we chat. He knows I make software. He once asked “do people still use C++?”. Honestly, really honestly, I didn’t want to chat about it but I rolled with it.