Greetings Everyone! 😃

So, I didn’t mean to go so long without writing an entry, but time got away from me and the next thing I know: it’s Sunday night! 😂 I really hope that everyone had a great week, a wonderful weekend and that you’re ready to get a great start to Monday!! Let’s do a little recap with the highlights of the week:

Networking/Career Fair Event

On Wednesday, I attended a networking/career fair event that was pretty interesting. The company opened their doors to prospective talent and interested candidates to learn more about the culture and get first-hand knowledge of life in the industry. It was a really laid back event, that provided beer, food, and the opportunity to pick the brains of different employees. I received great information from employees with expertise in areas such as Database, Dev Ops, and Software Development.

The major takeaway for me was that I need to keep coding and build programs. Pretty much, have enough projects to discuss and hold a conversation about. Nothing that I hadn’t heard before, but something that really resonated with me, while there. Hence, this blog will be a part of the arsenal…

Vanilla JavaScript

I was looking around on LinkedIn and came across a free course on Vanilla JavaScript with Sasha Vodnik. If you’re interested to view the course, you can access it here:

• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-app-building-with-vanilla-javascript/welcome

Some highlights are the following:

• Replacement of jQuery & React.js code
  • Vanilla JavaScript provides the functionality of both a library & framework
• Event listeners and animations
• String templates
• Spread Operator
• Browser compatibility
• Coding in pure JavaScript!

I believe it’s close to 2 hours, but it’s very engaging and even allows you the opportunity to code right along with him! He recommends having a code editor (Visual Studio Code), JavaScript transpiler (Babel), and node.js & http-server to see your website in action. This will all be covered in the course, but just wanted to give a heads up 😉.

Well, here’s to a great week ahead! Enjoy the last few hours of the weekend and have a great night! 😁 Oh, by the way, be sure to pay your taxes: the deadline is tomorrow, April 15, 2019!!

Aerie

News

Cashless stores may not be ready to thrive in the U.S. and it seems like Amazon has noticed, considering that they’re going to accept cash at their “cashless” stores. Read about it here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/10/tech/amazon-go-cashless-stores/index.html.

The biggest airplane, Stratolaunch, has taken flight! https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/stratolaunch-the-worlds-biggest-airplane-takes-flight/