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Interestingly enough, I just recalled that I had one of these as a child. As if it was some lost memory that has been found by reading this article.

I guess that means it didn't make much of an impact. I remember playing Mario Tennis and getting headaches from it, but don't remember very much else.

Interesting perspective. I've been sort of on the other side of the fence and excited about new features. With that said, I do love the simplicity of C and how the features of the language itself are very minimal and learning all of the language is fairly simple task.

Do you think maybe the push for the extra functionality is an effort to standardize the millions of JS libraries out there that do this "high-level" functionality already, rather than leaving it up to the user for interpretation?

I've found that React isn't comparable to larger frameworks like Angular and Ember. While the latter two provide a sort of "batteries included" solution, React is simply "just the ui".

There are many articles on the Internet debating the frameworks, so I don't see any reason to go into much detail about that in particular. But what I recommend is giving them all a try and finding what works best for you. After all productivity and thereafter maintainability is really what is most important when building a product.

I have this problem as well and can agree with other commenters that physical exercise seems to help. In addition to not getting enough sleep, I often dream about programming and my mind is reeling all night trying to solve some issue.

Yes, but it is typically frowned upon. Here's and MDN on it: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

I can relate a bit to this article. Although, I never find myself "hating" what I do per se, but I definitely find myself looking for something more "difficult". I've done the same as the OP, bought C books, read a few pages, wrote some example apps, etc. But I quickly lose interest.

I work as a "software engineer" by day, which is basically a glorified title for a guy who writes a ton of JavaScript. But I like to put a positive spin as to why this profession is so easy: Maybe it's easy because I've been doing it for so long. Maybe it's easy because I really know what I'm doing.

I find it important to always challenge yourself and continue learning. Honestly the JavaScript community is great for that, hell every couple of days there is some new framework to learn.

Overall, it is sad how down the OP is on his self, I hope he can find his way again. Programming is one of the most enjoyable experiences I have ever had, and I wish everyone could see that same enjoyment.

I recommend JavaScript. Finding contractor work should be fairly easy if you are able to build web applications. In addition, learn Node so you can write backends for those web apps in JavaScript as well.

When I was in school I focused primarily becoming proficient at Python, as I thought that was the language that would land me a decent career. Since I am mostly interested in web programming, I found myself building backends in Python - but always ended up still using a ton of JavaScript. When I switched my focus to being primarily a JavaScript developer, I ended up finding a ton of work and that is still the case to this day (5-6 years later).

Sure that works too, plus its a great way to point out initializing default arguments.

Thanks, fixed.

There is no harm in either. Overall, just have fun and learn JavaScript :)

ES5 is the current standard in all major browsers, so using its functionality could be considered "safe". Thankfully we have transpilers (will convert your ES6 code to ES5), so you can use ES6 features in production today - just remember they are converted to an ES5 implementation of said functionality.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get this to work. Here is the traceback: http://hastebin.com/yibusifogi.vhdl

Also, nice function name `BowChickaWowWow` :)

I recently got into watches and have been following the company they merged for a the past year or so. It's been an awesome resource for learning about the community and the craftsmanship behind mechanical watches. I recommend them to anyone who has an interest in watches, or just wants to see what the fuss is all about.

You're right about the passion relating to that of computer hardware. The first thing that really intrigued me about watches is the amount of craftsman ship and engineering that goes into making a complicated mechanical watch. As a software engineer, I find similarities in the watch engineering world - so I believe thats why it pulled me in so easily. It truly is an amazing example of human engineering at its best.

The final point of the argument is the best to me. I originally chose using React because it appeared different from everything else. Thus far I feel I have been able to be much more productive and also think about things in my web application differently. The fact that is it fast is only secondary to the fact that I feel I can great a robust and maintainable codebase with more ease than I could with other frameworks.

I think a js.org email would be pretty rad also.

Not sure if I agree with that 100%. Not every job listing you find online is going to have salaries posted.

I like the layout. There are many sites like this, but this one is easy to use and gave me the results I wanted fairly quickly.

Weird, I was thinking the same thing and came here to comment about it. Glad I'm not alone.

The vertical split recommendation is really great. I agree with the author that I always forget and often times end up doing horizontal.

Ironically Steve Case just came through where I live. I imagine if I was there to meet him I would let him know that AOL is basically responsible for me being a professional software developer.

I remember building all kinds of weird "PrOgZ": punters, mass imers, emailers, scrollers, etc.

So much fun :D

Wow this brings back some memories. I attribute AOL to all of my programming curiosity and success. When I was around 11 or 12, my dad put in me in front of AOL 2.5 and from there I was curious how things worked. I quickly got involved in the AOL "prog" community and learned how to write small (some times malicious) applications in Visual Basic for AOL. Those were the days haha :)

I had an issue with codesigning, this document helped: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_on_OS_X_Mavericks_and...

I emailed Fedor awhile back about some tips on diving into C++ and he was nothing but an amazing help on resources and places to start looking. This article is great and written buy an awesome person. Thanks Fedor!

As a guitarist B.B. King has always been one of the defining guitar players for me. His style is unmatched and distinct. We lost one of the greats today and I am forever grateful for what impact he and his music has had on my life.

Really cool way to think out side of the box. The keyboard idea is sweet.

I have love for Django, it helped me learn how to build a web server and understand database schemas early on.

Crazy! I'm from Tampa originally haha.

I can relate to this. I left San Francisco a few weeks ago and moved to South Carolina. I love software development, and I'm not sure if I can trade it for anything at this point and time in my life. I'm currently working remotely from South Carolina and in the search for a nice house with some land, so I can live a bit more rural while still being able to do what I love.

Sorry, a bit off topic but can you share that pixelated cloud background from the main image? It looks really nice.

We lost a good one. I've been struggling with learning Haskell for awhile now, and this is even more motivation to put my nose to the grindstone and learn how this mans brain ticked.

Haha these are really great! Found a bunch of imgur http://imgur.com/a/S3k3C#0