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Now, what’s up with this “universe” thing from the landing page? You see, that’s another way in which Just JavaScript is different. It is not a regular JS course in format or content, and it is also not a regular JS course in style. It places you *into* the imaginary JS universe.
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Some readers hate the whimsical and quirky aspects of it, but I’m okay with that. (Feel free to get a refund!) Stylistically, it borrows from several genres. Of course, it’s a technical course. But some parts might remind you of a children’s book. Or an astronomy atlas.
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In my head, I kept getting back to texts that inspired me as a child and then as a teen. Alice in Wonderland, Little Prince, GEB, scriptures from different religions, popular science books and math puzzle journal columns. Quirky Systems. What is JS if not another one of those?
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If the project receives enough support, we hope to work more on it. There are two primary ways the scope of Just JavaScript could be expanded. One is to write more content on the many topics we haven’t covered yet. But there is also another dimension I want to explore.
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One experiment I am exploring is to make the sketching experience itself more interactive — like sitting down with an experienced mentor. What if you could make mistakes, see their consequences, and then correct them?
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Here’s another experiment, where you have less “creative freedom” but more insight into how the system works. This is animation on steroids. You *are* the system.
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I don’t know what the right approach is yet. I only know there is some medium at the intersection of text, animations, sketching, and direct interaction, that works better than either of those four in isolation. I will dig more into research, find it, and bring it into JJS vNext.
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I’m proud of where Just JavaScript is today. It already helped a lot of people (it was free for months, and we heard good things from both individual learners and coding bootcamps). It will take a lot of time to take it to next stage. Your support ($$$, RTs) makes it sustainable.
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