I enjoy learning how to solve problems and automate solutions through Code. I've found that the best learning methods for me have involved creating projects that I can put to personal use, or in some way engage with actively. I've created games to practice common patterns and adaptive design, One of my projects was as part of a team of developers and artists making a game as a college thesis project.
I enjoy making simple CRUD applications to learn pieces of front and back-end technology. Overall C# and the .NET framework is the most compelling but for extremely performant backend development I would turn to C++, and for quickly and painlessly coded projects I would likely turn to python, with javascript as my alternative.
Currently I am working on learning React, Vue and Angular. I've spent most of my front-end learning focused on applications and aside from Razer Pages and Flask I feel I stand to gain the most by learning 3 of the more popular UI Frameworks for web development.
- Automation and Machine learning: Developing AI, ranging from simple FSMs to more powerful, GOAP systems. I discovered these through game development but i hope to reverse-engineer them into more practical-use programs. The idea of creating these living, evolving, reactive systems is thrilling.
- Procedural generation: Using things such as perlin noise to create "random" but well-bounded maps, datasets etc. As with machine learning there is a thrill to creating something that can exceed an individuals capability, and do so in the blink of an eye.
- Reports: Creating Analysis machines that remove human error from the equation. The amount of time, dollars,and labor that can be saved by generated reports (if done correctly) is staggering.
- Games: They are a vital tool for learning, with a tangible end-goal that can be tweaked, modifed and shared.
- Teach: I've only been at this for 6, going on 7 years, I'm by no means a master developer, but either actively or passively, I want to help encourage others who have taken an interest in programming, so they can enjoy some of the great successes I did when I was encouraged by others over the past many years.
- Learn, Learn, Learn. Every year has shown me that there is a bountiful supply of tools being created and updates, with millions of involved users leaning into the information age and helping eachother grow and evolve into competent developers.
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent