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A comment on Ask HN: Which skills do you think a front-end developer should have?.

Re:Ask HN: Which skills do you think a front-end developer s... by dstein on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @12:53AM (#2003275)
Write a video game using JavaScript/Canvas. Game programming is the fast track to becoming a great developer because of the mix of skills it requires (math/algebra, animation, graphics, sound, resource management, testing and debugging).

And don't cheat by using some fancy pants game engine.

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Re:Ask HN: Which skills do you think a front-end developer s... by Ocho-Bits on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @09:44AM (#2004281)
Great idea! I'll always wanted to write a video game and also learn canvas.
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