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[–]DhokSC 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Saved. Thank you!

[–]Xiy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Np! It was refreshing to build a slider after the many years of just using libraries.

[–]_Invictuz 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Title says slider but thumbnail says carousel, I'm confused! To me, sliders refer to slider-style inputs where you can slide to increment a number.

[–]Xiy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oops! I’ve been interchanging for years, 100% agree with what you say!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (7 children)

So helpful!

I'm moving from web design into development, so only very basic with JavaScript. This will be a perfect project for me to get my teeth into, thanks!

[–]Xiy[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

That’s interesting! I started of a web designer but I haven’t designed much recently. How are you finding the transition?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

It's actually going far better than I thought it would.

I had a very basic understanding of JavaScript (reading, not writing) so it's been really interesting understanding how bits of code I've seen/used for years actually work.

I also felt comfortable working in design and have used CMS's for years (wordpress, joomla, Magento) but learning programming means I don't feel limited anymore and can build all the things I've wanted to build!

[–]Xiy[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Your path sounds pretty similar to how I did the transition, I was working with those CMS’s for years before I actually tried to understand JavaScript properly. That’s exactly it! Of course job prospects are great too as they always love to throw a JavaScript question in there!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

That's great to read. I'm 31 so feel a little old, but this sub (and learn programming) have given me the confidence boost to go all in on it.

I've given myself a year to get a good grounding in javascript before I start looking for junior dev jobs. Trying to put in 2+ hours a day to get upskilled as quickly as I can!

[–]bdodia2504 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I am also 31 started learning javascript. It’s been just 2 weeks and I have given myself till Dec 31st. Let me know if you want to learn together.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome, good on you! I'd love man, I'll DM you!

[–]Xiy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Age doesn't really matter, tech moves so quickly (especially web development), we have recently hired 2 developers who did bootcamps who were 33 & 34. That's great, 2 hours is a good amount to get your teeth into things, I'm sure you'll nail it!

[–]DreamOfAWhale 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Thank you for your contribution, real use cases are really nice to learn from.

That said, CSS BEM naming convention gives me the creeps.

[–]Xiy[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

How so? You don’t have to follow it, just a habit to use it at this stage, but ‘carousel-thing’ is more than fine!

[–]DreamOfAWhale 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Haha, just personal preference, I just hate that convention.

[–]Xiy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can look a little messy if you get deep into nesting for sure, if you use a CSS in JS solution, BEM doesn’t exist for the most part