Episode 56: MJS 057: David Luecke

My JavaScript Story

English - April 18, 2018 10:00 - 35 minutes - 35.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 55: MJS 056: Jonathan Carter

Next Episode: Episode 57: MJS 058: Dean J Sofer

Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: David Luecke

This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with David Luecke. David currently works for Bullish Ventures, which is a company that builds APIs and mobile web applications for clients using their open source tools. He first got into programming when he got his first computer and started programming using Delphi with Pascal. They also touch on how he first got into JavaScript, Feathers JS, and what he is working on now.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

David intro
How did you first get into programming?
Tinkered a lot with electronics as a child
Delphi with Pascal
Planned on doing an apprenticeship computer programming
Went to University and got a CS degree
How critical do you think a CS degree is?
Having a CS degree helps you to pick up things faster
How did you get into JavaScript?
Did some website development in the beginning of his career
Java
Dojo and JavaScript MVC
Works a lot with React Native now
What products have you worked on that you’re proud of?
Feathers JS
How did you come around to creating this?
In-server architecture idea at university
What are you working on now?
mySam
And much, much more!