The reason you are reading this today, is because i googled the phrase “The JavaScript landscape”. I was trying to reseach the various tools/frameworks in JavaScript for different concerns. Google returned a bunch of results of which i chose this JavaScipt and future development landscape.
It’s a blog post by an Indian kid called Bassam. I liked the post. It discussed Meteor, his app Writ, an application to create notes in Markdown, with live previews on the side. It’s open sourced and on github. Okay, navigating through the various links, i found out that this kid is 22 and he if from Kashmir. I was impressed. This kid was doing things i was doing and even more.
In his post, however i found a link to a John Resig’s post, Write Code Everyday. John, in his post mentions how he set aside rules for himself to write code as a habit. It’s a very inspiring read. What’s even inspiring is John is himself inspired by a lady. Jennifer Dewalt.
Jennifer Dewalt, taught herself how to program and how to do web development by developing 1 website a day, for 180 days. She recorded her progress each day on her blog.
From a post, My first year of coding on her blog, these are her words.
“When I finished my website for the first day of the 180 websites project I was incredibly proud. I knew I had a lot of hard work ahead of me, but I had overcome what is often the largest hurdle in any project: getting started.
I’ve learned a lot about myself in the past year working on both the 180 websites project
Most importantly, I’ve been able to overcome the fear of being judged. Whether you are making a piece of artwork, teaching yourself something new or building a business you’re bound to encounter some negative energy. People will say some pretty weird or just plain mean things to you when you’re doing something kind of crazy. Those comments sting a bit, but they’re most dangerous when you let them feed your self doubt. Battling your own self doubt is incredibly formidable.”
There you go! A young lady who has shown the world the power of habit, her determination to learn something new and her awesome positive energy. Her energy has influenced one of the World’s most respected and most reknowned software engineer, John Resig and he has learnt from her. It’s not surprising. Whenever a lot of positive energy radiates, people will be influenced. And they will react. Their best will come out.
I am inspired by this positive wave:
Jennifer Dewalt => John Resig => 22 year old Bassam.
The positive energy has flown. I do not know how many other people Jennifer has had an effect on. She certain has had an effect on me. I have thouroughly enjoyed the learning experience from a simple Google search. I actually went to think about The power of habit and write the thoughts on that.
To Code Everyday is my new found choice of habit. I just need to inculcate it. I need to practice it. At a high-level, it seems daunting. I immediately have a lot of “What-if” questions. I code at work, but like Resig, working n my own stuff. It’s certainly hard. But as Jennifer correctly noted,
“The largest hurdle in any project is, Getting Started.”
Saibaba Vinayakaya Namaha!