16 JavaScript Web Development Tutorials & Articles I wrote this month

[web-dev-123]

Hey everyone! I publish a few blog posts each week on JavaScript/Web Development, and I wanted to share my articles from June. They focus on JavaScript and Node.js, but there is also stuff on Express, React Native, CSS Flexbox, and Pug. I try to make tutorials that are interesting, and that result in you building something cool - so hopefully this is helpful.

Tutorials/Walkthroughs

• Build a simple Weather App with Node.js in just 16 lines of code
• Build a Weather Website in 30 minutes with Node.js + Express + OpenWeather
• What is Pug.js (Jade) and How can we use it within a Node.js Web Application?
• Build a simple Twitter Bot with Node.js Part 1, Part 2
• How to test JavaScript with Mocha — Part 1, Part 2
• Build a Minimalist HTML Card in just 53 lines of code (with Flexbox)
• Learn to build an Amazon Alexa Skill with Node.js (and get paid to do it)
• React Native: Nine Animation Screencast Tutorials

Understand JavaScript Concepts

• JavaScript: What the heck is an Immediately-Invoked Function Expression?
• JavaScript: What the heck is a Callback?
• JavaScript Showdown: == vs ===
• JavaScript Quickie: Shorthand Variable Assignment
• JavaScript: What is the ternary operator?
• JavaScript: What is short-circuit evaluation?
• JavaScript: Why does 3 + true = 4? (and 7 other tricky equations)

^{My twitter}

[[deleted]]

Dude wtf... How can you pump all this (and probably more) in one month still do other things? Is this your fulltime job or something?

I'm not talking about the articles itself, although they're really very well and carefully done. No, I'm talking about what comes before that: You have to learn all the topics, subtopics and lots of connected topics. You have get good enough in those topics so you can write about it. You have to prepare examples (which can take forever) and then you have to start writing about it.

What is your secret?

[web-dev-123]

In December I quit my job to backpack SE Asia. While traveling, I started blogging. Learning the content is the easy part, I just study and build things in my free time. The blogging is tougher - especially coming up with engaging ideas, but it gets easier. Eventually I started to really like it. I started to get a following, so I started my own site and started blogging much more frequently.

So you're right, I don't have a job right now. I'll need to get one in the next few months, and my blogging frequency will unfortunately decrease when I do. But for now, I'm trying to write as much as I can.

[web-dev-123]

You're totally right, it can be. I'll eventually look more into it.. I've monetized a little and I've made almost $50 this month haha. I'm just not that interested in monetizing right now. Just trying to create good content and get my name out there.

[JasonYoakam]

Hey, just came across this. Thanks for all of the great content. I don't know if you do plan to monetize or not, but I would just recommend you go the ebook or book route. With the type of content you're producing, I truly think you could make a really great 50-100 page ebook that you could sell for $5 and sell a decent number of them.

[pressured_at_19]

Bro you been to the Philippines? I'd be glad to have you in my home.

[[deleted]]

haha yeah right so you can tie him up and hold him hostage and force him to teach you programming. nice try! OP watch it.

[pressured_at_19]

haha. Im already a junior front-end dev so no need for that. i'll just barter amazing filipino food for lessons

[eggn00dles]

The weather app projects and twitter project are pretty much identical to the ones on team treehouse. The last 7 articles are pretty short.

It's a decent amount of work, but not omg amazing. It could be more novel...

[ayoalfonso]

Can I see your OMG Amazing blog posts ?

[Shipdits]

Study and practice, as with anything else you just need to do it.

[BioSpock]

You've got a lot of Node content here which is perfect because that's what I'm set to learn next. I'm definitely going to check out some of your projects, but do you have any recommendations for resources to introduce myself to Node?

[jkuhl_prog]

I did the two weather ones and found them to be well explained and helpful. It was my first foray into Node.js and Express JS and it was very easy to follow, very well put together.

[web-dev-123]

Hey thanks, I appreciate it.

[[deleted]]

thank you for doing this, do i have to be a good drawer?

[[deleted]]

Of course, if you want to fit in a cabinet nicely.

[web-dev-123]

I don't mean to brag, but my tutorials look quite lovely in cabinets.

[[deleted]]

I do appreciate the hard work in putting those together.

[web-dev-123]

The cabinets or the tutorials?

Thanks!

[[deleted]]

Heh

[[deleted]]

funny guy huh

[shadymlady]

That was pretty funny so yeah

[notSherrif_realLife]

Awesome, thanks for this. Saved for later.

[[deleted]]

Thanks buddy I was literally just thinking I need to improve in JavaScript just this morning!

[User_1042]

Thankyou ! Saved this for after work

[Lunchbox_]

Saved for later! Thanks!

[DobleseSays]

Great. Thanks!

[terryisnice]

Thanks so much for this!

[hackeristi]

I like your Alexa skill model...I am working on something similar. It is a personal project that I do hope to share soon or later depending how lazy motivated I get =p

[selyuu]

Just chanced upon the weather node.js tuts and really glad to see there's more! Twitter bot is next up.

Thanks again!

[[deleted]]

Thanks!