My JavaScript Story
317 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsInterviews with people, contributors, programmers, authors, and other builders in the JavaScript Community
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MJS 156: Wayne Haugen
September 08, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 48.4 MBSponsor CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Special Guest Wayne Haugen Follow us on Twitter > @DevChatTV
Episode 158: MJS 156: Wayne Haugen
September 08, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 47.1 MBSponsor CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Special Guest Wayne Haugen Follow us on Twitter > @DevChatTV
MJS 155: Rakesh Pandey
September 01, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 24.7 MBSponsor CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Special Guest Rakesh Pandey Follow us on Twitter > @DevChatTV
Episode 157: MJS 155: Rakesh Pandey
September 01, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 23.5 MBSponsor CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Special Guest Rakesh Pandey Follow us on Twitter > @DevChatTV
MJS 154: Soumyajit Pathak
August 25, 2020 10:02 - 22 minutes - 28.4 MBSponsor CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Special Guest Soumyajit Pathak Links https://able.bio Https://devchat.tv/conferences https://myswastha.in/ @drenther Picks Charles Max Wood: The Masked Singer DevChatTV Meetups Soumyajit Pathak: For building rich text editors Follow us on Twitter > @DevChatTV
Episode 156: MJS 154: Soumyajit Pathak
August 25, 2020 10:02 - 22 minutes - 27.1 MBSponsor CacheFly Host Charles Max Wood Special Guest Soumyajit Pathak Links https://able.bio Https://devchat.tv/conferences https://myswastha.in/ @drenther Picks Charles Max Wood: The Masked Singer DevChatTV Meetups Soumyajit Pathak: For building rich text editors Follow us on Twitter > @DevChatTV
Episode 155: MJS 153: Dean Radcliffe
August 11, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 43.9 MBDean Radcliffe talks about how he got into programming early in life and the influences that brought him to writing code. He also then explains how he got into programming again in college and his internship at a company that did livestreaming of sports and concerts. He nearly didn't graduate. He finished his degree and then went on to write Ruby and later got deep into JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Dean Radcliffe Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelan...
MJS 153: Dean Radcliffe
August 11, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 43.8 MBDean Radcliffe talks about how he got into programming early in life and the influences that brought him to writing code. He also then explains how he got into programming again in college and his internship at a company that did livestreaming of sports and concerts. He nearly didn't graduate. He finished his degree and then went on to write Ruby and later got deep into JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Dean Radcliffe Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries o...
Episode 154: MJS 152: Kevin Kreuzer
July 21, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 31.9 MBKevin Kreuzer, a freelance front end engineer from Switzerland shares his developer’s journey in this episode of the My JavaScript Story. Kevin is also a Google Developer expert, who loves JavaScript, Angular etc and as such writes a lot of blog posts and maintains some open source libraries. And when he is not engrossed in the tech world, he is out snowboarding or playing soccer. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Kevin Kreuzer Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelanci...
MJS 152: Kevin Kreuzer
July 21, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 31.8 MBKevin Kreuzer, a freelance front end engineer from Switzerland shares his developer’s journey in this episode of the My JavaScript Story. Kevin is also a Google Developer expert, who loves JavaScript, Angular etc and as such writes a lot of blog posts and maintains some open source libraries. And when he is not engrossed in the tech world, he is out snowboarding or playing soccer. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Kevin Kreuzer Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of ...
Episode 153: MJS 151: Raul Jimenez
July 07, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 35.3 MBReact Native Remote Conf Raúl Jiménez runs a small consultancy focused on Angular out of Barcelona Spain. Raul got into programing in High School. He was working on the equivalent of a USA based Associates Degree. He had a computer when he was 5 and got into copy/paste programming on the Spectrum computer. He started writing on his own at 16. He started with TurboPascal and then got into other languages before graduating to Angular and JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special ...
MJS 151: Raul Jimenez
July 07, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 35.1 MBReact Native Remote Conf Raúl Jiménez runs a small consultancy focused on Angular out of Barcelona Spain. Raul got into programing in High School. He was working on the equivalent of a USA based Associates Degree. He had a computer when he was 5 and got into copy/paste programming on the Spectrum computer. He started writing on his own at 16. He started with TurboPascal and then got into other languages before graduating to Angular and JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Spe...
Episode 152: MJS 150: Loiane Groner
June 23, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MBReact Native Remote Conf July 28th to 31th Loiane Groner is an Angular developer from Brazil currently living the USA. She started out working in Java and has worked in Java for nearly 14 years before moving over to Angular. She did an episode on Adventures in Angular about writing documentation in Portuguese. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Loiane Groner Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job...
MJS 150: Loiane Groner
June 23, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 33.7 MBReact Native Remote ConfJuly 28th to 31th Loiane Groner is an Angular developer from Brazil currently living the USA. She started out working in Java and has worked in Java for nearly 14 years before moving over to Angular. She did an episode on Adventures in Angular about writing documentation in Portuguese. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Loiane Groner Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer J...
Episode 151: MJS 149: Andrew Evans
June 09, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 30.2 MBAndrew Evans is a history major turned designer turned developer. His journey leads through doing development in Java, getting and MBA, and eventually picking up Angular and working at Capital One. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Andrew Evans Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links AiA 229: Deploying to Firebase with...
MJS 149: Andrew Evans
June 09, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 30 MBAndrew Evans is a history major turned designer turned developer. His journey leads through doing development in Java, getting and MBA, and eventually picking up Angular and working at Capital One. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Andrew Evans Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links AiA 229: Deploying to Fireba...
MJS 148: Farzad Yousefzadehr
May 26, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 22.7 MBIn this week's episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles Max Wood interviews Farzad Yousefzadehr, who was a guest on the React Round Up show. As a Senior Software Engineer, Farzad has the cool job of designing and refactoring existing games at Epic Games. He currently lives in Helsinki, Finland, with his lovely wife and cat. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Farzad Yousefzadehr Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding ...
Episode 150: MJS 148: Farzad Yousefzadehr
May 26, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this week's episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles Max Wood interviews Farzad Yousefzadehr, who was a guest on the React Round Up show. As a Senior Software Engineer, Farzad has the cool job of designing and refactoring existing games at Epic Games. He currently lives in Helsinki, Finland, with his lovely wife and cat. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Farzad Yousefzadehr Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your...
MJS 147: Kay Plößer
May 12, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 33.9 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 13th to 15th - register now! Kay Plößer is an German developer who does front-end and mobile development with React. He primarily focuses on developer relations and will be teaching at a University soon. He got started in programming doing basic scripting and game mods to buy game weapons when the game started. He also build IRC bots and programs that ran in IRC. We dive into his journey through development into React and JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Jo...
Episode 149: MJS 147: Kay Plößer
May 12, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 34.1 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Kay Plößer is an German developer who does front-end and mobile development with React. He primarily focuses on developer relations and will be teaching at a University soon. He got started in programming doing basic scripting and game mods to buy game weapons when the game started. He also build IRC bots and programs that ran in IRC. We dive into his journey through development into React and JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood ...
Episode 148: MJS 146: Håkon Krogh
April 28, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 42.2 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Håkon Krogh is a Norweigan developer who focuses on web performance. We start out discussing working from home in the current pandemic. His current company works in Product Information Management. It's a headless ecommerce system. We dive into his experience learning learning to build applications and learning JavaScript and leading a team. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Håkon Krogh Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the l...
MJS 146: Håkon Krogh
April 28, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 42 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 13th to 15th - register now! Håkon Krogh is a Norweigan developer who focuses on web performance. We start out discussing working from home in the current pandemic. His current company works in Product Information Management. It's a headless ecommerce system. We dive into his experience learning learning to build applications and learning JavaScript and leading a team. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Håkon Krogh Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the lu...
MJS 145: Varya Stepanova
April 14, 2020 10:03 - 28 minutes - 29.6 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 14th to 15th - register now! Varya is an expert in design systems. She talks about the process of working in and building design systems. She learned basic Pascal at school. She did programming exercises on paper. She then got into building web pages for groups she was a part of. She then picked up PHP and went professional at that point. On the front-end, she began picking up JavaScript and worked using Yandex's internal framework. Follow here story through th...
Episode 147: MJS 145: Varya Stepanova
April 14, 2020 10:03 - 28 minutes - 29.8 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Varya is an expert in design systems. She talks about the process of working in and building design systems. She learned basic Pascal at school. She did programming exercises on paper. She then got into building web pages for groups she was a part of. She then picked up PHP and went professional at that point. On the front-end, she began picking up JavaScript and worked using Yandex's internal framework. Follow here story through...
MJS 144: Josh Ponelat
April 07, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 40.5 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 14th to 15th - register now! Josh Ponelat is Software Architect at SmartBear working on Swagger and OpenAPI. He's from South Africa. Josh's father is a programmer and was heavily influenced by his father. He started with ANSI-C and hacking on shells. He studied graphic design in school. He got back into programming in PHP and MySQL and wound up transitioning to JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Josh Ponelat Sponsors Sentry Cache...
Episode 146: MJS 144: Josh Ponelat
April 07, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 40.7 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Josh Ponelat is Software Architect at SmartBear working on Swagger and OpenAPI. He's from South Africa. Josh's father is a programmer and was heavily influenced by his father. He started with ANSI-C and hacking on shells. He studied graphic design in school. He got back into programming in PHP and MySQL and wound up transitioning to JavaScript. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Josh Ponelat Sponsors Sentry Cach...
Episode 145: MJS 143: Paige Niedringhaus
March 31, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 44 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Paige Niedringhaus started her career as a Digital Marketer before making the move to becoming a software developer at the Home Depot. She current works with React and Node building internal apps for them. This episode discusses the ins and outs of making that transition in a semi-recent world and community. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Paige Niedringhaus Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Ca...
MJS 143: Paige Niedringhaus
March 31, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 43.9 MBJavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 14th to 15th - register now! Paige Niedringhaus started her career as a Digital Marketer before making the move to becoming a software developer at the Home Depot. She current works with React and Node building internal apps for them. This episode discusses the ins and outs of making that transition in a semi-recent world and community. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Paige Niedringhaus Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Cac...
MJS 142: Daniel Caldas
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 35.2 MBDaniel Caldas is a Portuguese developer working and living in Singapore. He learned to code in high school programming in Pascal. He moved up to the university and that's where he encountered JavaScript. He wound up doing a bunch of design work, static websites, and jQuery. He explains his journey and learning methods leading to a job working for Zendesk on their CRM. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Daniel Caldas Sponsors Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit ...
Episode 144: MJS 142: Daniel Caldas
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 35.3 MBDaniel Caldas is a Portuguese developer working and living in Singapore. He learned to code in high school programming in Pascal. He moved up to the university and that's where he encountered JavaScript. He wound up doing a bunch of design work, static websites, and jQuery. He explains his journey and learning methods leading to a job working for Zendesk on their CRM. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Daniel Caldas Sponsors Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit C...
Episode 143: MJS 141: Jared Palmer
March 17, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 42.2 MBJared Palmer has been a guest on 3 different shows on Devchat.tv. He's talked to us about Formik, Razzle, and React. He's taking a break from consulting to build up Formik, Inc and tools for forms. He got started in programming by taking a programming class at Cornell on a lark and quickly transitioned out of Investment Banking after graduating from university. His first apps were custom lock screens for mobile phones. We then move through framer and CoffeeScript and eventually in to JavaScr...
MJS 141: Jared Palmer
March 17, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 42.1 MBJared Palmer has been a guest on 3 different shows on Devchat.tv. He's talked to us about Formik, Razzle, and React. He's taking a break from consulting to build up Formik, Inc and tools for forms. He got started in programming by taking a programming class at Cornell on a lark and quickly transitioned out of Investment Banking after graduating from university. His first apps were custom lock screens for mobile phones. We then move through framer and CoffeeScript and eventually in to JavaScri...
MJS 140: Tommy Hodgins
March 10, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 30.7 MBTommy Hodgins is a developer that typically works on A/B tests figuring out how to get websites the outcomes they want. He got into JavaScript and front-end technologies and then read a paper that led him to realize the capabilities of writing software to solve problems. He maintains a front-end focus with his A/B testing work and CSS in JS and other work. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Tommy Hodgins Sponsors Sentry CacheFly ______________________________________ ...
Episode 142: MJS 140: Tommy Hodgins
March 10, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 30.9 MBTommy Hodgins is a developer that typically works on A/B tests figuring out how to get websites the outcomes they want. He got into JavaScript and front-end technologies and then read a paper that led him to realize the capabilities of writing software to solve problems. He maintains a front-end focus with his A/B testing work and CSS in JS and other work. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Tommy Hodgins Sponsors Sentry CacheFly ______________________________________ "The...
Episode 141: MJS 139: Radoslav Stankov
March 03, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 32.8 MBRado Stankov is the Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He's based in Sofia Bulgaria. He walks us through learning Pascal and PHP and Flash. We then dive into Ruby and JavaScript and what he's working on now at Product Hunt. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Radoslav Stankov Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly ______________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Ama...
MJS 139: Radoslav Stankov
March 03, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 32.6 MBRado Stankov is the Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He's based in Sofia Bulgaria. He walks us through learning Pascal and PHP and Flash. We then dive into Ruby and JavaScript and what he's working on now at Product Hunt. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Radoslav Stankov Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly ______________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on...
MJS 138: Carl Mungazi
February 25, 2020 11:01 - 35 minutes - 35.5 MBCarl is a developer from Zimbabwe currently living in London. He explains how he started out as a journalist and wound up doing web development to keep track of news stories coming out in his local area. He leveled up by attending meetups and talking to other developers. He currently works for LimeJump, an energy startup which is creating a virtual power plant by connecting together different power assets Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Carl Mungazi Sponsors Sentry Cach...
Episode 140: MJS 138: Carl Mungazi
February 25, 2020 11:01 - 35 minutes - 35.6 MBCarl is a developer from Zimbabwe currently living in London. He explains how he started out as a journalist and wound up doing web development to keep track of news stories coming out in his local area. He leveled up by attending meetups and talking to other developers. He currently works for LimeJump, an energy startup which is creating a virtual power plant by connecting together different power assets Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Carl Mungazi Sponsors Sentry Cache...
MJS 137: Florian Rival
February 18, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 29.7 MBFlorian Rival is a React developer who has built his own game engine. He's been a guest on both React Round Up and React Native Radio. This episode provides you a walkthrough on using gDevelop to build games from scratch and goes into his history as a game developer. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Florian Rival Sponsors G2i CacheFly ______________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available...
Episode 139: MJS 137: Florian Rival
February 18, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 29.8 MBFlorian Rival is a React developer who has built his own game engine. He's been a guest on both React Round Up and React Native Radio. This episode provides you a walkthrough on using gDevelop to build games from scratch and goes into his history as a game developer. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Florian Rival Sponsors G2i CacheFly ______________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on ...
MJS 136: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent
February 11, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 43.5 MBThis My JavaScript Story episode is a discussion with Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent. Kaelig works on the Polaris design system from Shopify. We walk through his journey into programming, HTML, and CSS. We wander through is career until he was building design systems at Shopify. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Kaelig Deloumeau-Pregent Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly ________________________________________________...
Episode 138: MJS 136: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent
February 11, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 43.6 MBThis My JavaScript Story episode is a discussion with Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent. Kaelig works on the Polaris design system from Shopify. We walk through his journey into programming, HTML, and CSS. We wander through is career until he was building design systems at Shopify. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Kaelig Deloumeau-Pregent Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly ________________________________________________________...
MJS 135: Paul Cowan
February 04, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 43.5 MBMy JavaScript Story this week welcomes Paul Cowan. Paul works as a consultant in front end development. He learned how to program at a really early age but didn't own an email address until he was 30 years old. When he was 30 years old he wanted to change his lifestyle and attended a course in London and took a job as a software developer. Paul was interested in React because, for him, much of programming didn’t make a whole lot of sense until he read about the flux model and React Redux was...
Episode 137: MJS 135: Paul Cowan
February 04, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 43.6 MBMy JavaScript Story this week welcomes Paul Cowan. Paul works as a consultant in front end development. He learned how to program at a really early age but didn't own an email address until he was 30 years old. When he was 30 years old he wanted to change his lifestyle and attended a course in London and took a job as a software developer. Paul was interested in React because, for him, much of programming didn’t make a whole lot of sense until he read about the flux model and React Redux wa...
MJS 134: Maximiliano Firtman
January 28, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 39.7 MBMy JavaScript Story this week welcomes Maximiliano Firtman. Maximiliano Firtman is a mobile web developer from Buenos Ares, Argentina. He has been a developer for 24 years and his most recent focus has been on progressive web apps. Maximiliano started coding when he was 11 years old by creating games and digital magazines. He got into web development by learning HTML in college. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Maximiliano Firtman Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” f...
Episode 136: MJS 134: Maximiliano Firtman
January 28, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 39.9 MBMy JavaScript Story this week welcomes Maximiliano Firtman. Maximiliano Firtman is a mobile web developer from Buenos Ares, Argentina. He has been a developer for 24 years and his most recent focus has been on progressive web apps. Maximiliano started coding when he was 11 years old by creating games and digital magazines. He got into web development by learning HTML in college. Host: Charles Max Wood Joined By Special Guest: Maximiliano Firtman Sponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” fo...
MJS 133: Jonathan Martin
January 21, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 43.7 MBMy JavaScript Story this week welcomes Jonathan Lee Martin. Jonathan is an educator, speaker, and author. He has been a developer since high school and he started out by teaching at Big Nerd Ranch and currently has his own teaching brand. He teaches career switchers and senior developers and also has written a book "Functional Design Patterns for Express.js". Teaching career switchers has led him to adopt a pedagogy approach to teaching where he focuses on getting people to absorb relevant in...
Episode 135: MJS 133: Jonathan Martin
January 21, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 43.8 MBMy JavaScript Story this week welcomes Jonathan Lee Martin. Jonathan is an educator, speaker, and author. He has been a developer since high school and he started out by teaching at Big Nerd Ranch and currently has his own teaching brand. He teaches career switchers and senior developers and also has written a book "Functional Design Patterns for Express.js". Teaching career switchers has led him to adopt a pedagogy approach to teaching where he focuses on getting people to absorb relevant i...
Episode 134: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job
November 20, 2019 20:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is available on Amazon. Get your copy here today only for $2.99!
The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job
November 20, 2019 20:00 - 14 minutes - 15.4 MB"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is available on Amazon. Get your copy here today only for $2.99!