DoctorDerek

Is it finally time to admit that JavaScript frameworks have some advantages over plain old vanilla JavaScript programming?

I've never found page speeds to be slow, including through a VPN. You can also get Google AMP versions of Medium pages if you find the articles that way on a mobile device. AMP will prevent React from loading so that should fix any page load speed issues.

There's an AMP extension for Chrome that does the same thing https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/amp-browser-extens...

I think the searchability of the textbooks via Google is a big pro in favor of them going to Medium. And personally I like the interface, but to each their own I guess.

Here's the entire directory of books https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/directory-of-pragma...

"Mazes are everywhere. From psychology experiments where mice scamper in search of cheese, to robotics demonstrations, to movies (Labyrinth, anyone?) and video games (Pac-Man? The Legend of Zelda? Doom?), to books and books of puzzles to be traced by finger or pencil, you’ve almost certainly encountered them at some point in your life.

What you’re reading now is not a collection of mazes for you to solve. No, this is something much more exciting. This is a collection of ideas to inspire you.

You’re about to learn how to generate your own mazes. Random mazes, unique, each one different than the one before. It’s a voyage of discovery where you never know quite what you’ll find when you crest the next hill." Mazes for Programmers by Jamis Buck — Pragmatic Programmers (3 / 121)

Read more: https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/introduction-f7e108...

I think this is a great opportunity for programmers to be able to find a lot more answers through organic search.

Previously you'd have to know that the topic was covered in _ textbook, then you'd have to buy and read said textbook.

Now you can find it just from a Google search. And then you can read the whole textbook if you want. Seems worth it for $5.