In my never ending quest to be a better developer I came across a new JavaScript series from Microsoft. I have to say I was pretty impressed with it. The videos are short and focused for folks who already have some programming knowledge. Still a bit in shock that Microsoft has embraced JavaScript, would have never guessed that a few years back, but very glad they have and are sharing so much with the community.
The particular videos that really stood out to me were the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Objects in Javascript videos. Those were tough concepts for me to grasp when I had first started learning the language, and while I know them pretty well now, the author did a pretty amazing job of explaining how they work. It really clicked with me, and wish I had seen those two years ago!
I could still use some work on Promises and Async/Await, but the videos on those topics were extremely helpful too. While I can still use them, I can’t 100% say that I fully understand what I’m doing when I use them and wouldn’t want to have to explain how they work to others myself just yet. Ha, someday I’ll have them mastered.
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