I have taken a break from blogging recently but am going to make a concerted effort to get back on with things. Lots has changed recently, the PumpCo team is up to nine now after we recruited three new graduates, James, Peter and Sean.
One thing that surprised me during this recent round of recruitment is the lack of knowledge about JavaScript. Nearly everyone we interviewed had training in classical languages, Java mainly (and nothing wrong with that), but had little / no formal training in JavaScript.
I am not sure if this is because it is seen as a second class language in Universities, but given the rising importance of JavaScript as a development platform for browser based apps, I find this a little strange. Also JavaScript is mighty powerful, providing many features that Java simply lacks.
JSON is hugely misunderstood, by many it is thought of as basic transmission mechanism similar to XML, but JSON provides JavaScript with massive power and flexibility especially in the way that objects are created and defined.
In my opinion training / education needs to refocus on dynamic languages and especially JavaScript along with HTML 5and CSS 3. These technologies will drive the next wave of awesome web based apps. If you don't believe me, just look at what adobe is doing with Edge.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/edge/resources/
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