Introduction :: Eloquent JavaScript
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Introduction :: Eloquent JavaScript
“The important thing isn’t thinking about computers or programming as they are today, but thinking about moving from a static medium like marks on paper to a dynamic medium with computational responsiveness infused into it, that can actually participate in the thinking process,” he says.
medium.com • The Utopian UI Architect
All programming requires is a creative mind and the ability to organize your thoughts. If you can visualize a system, you can probably implement it in a computer program. This means that the greatest limitation in writing software is our ability to understand the systems we are creating.
John K. Ousterhout • A Philosophy of Software Design, 2nd Edition
Computers amplify human potential: they not only give people the power to create but can also spread their ideas quickly, creating communities, markets, even movements.
Chris Anderson • Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Code, like any other type of content available online today, is trending toward modularity: a mille-feuille layer cake of little libraries instead of one big, jiggling Jell-O mold. Today, developers publish bits of code online, for public use, as easily as others discover and use them. But just as tweets are easy to read and retweet without context
... See moreNadia Eghbal • Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
The initial age of computing borrowed from the industrial age. As Marshall McLuhan observed, the first version of a new medium imitates the medium it replaces.
Kevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
