• Web Fundamentals:

  • Javascript:
    • Modern syntax >= ES6
    • Typescript for type-safety
    • JSdoc for type-sanity
    • The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford, who thinks that "class-free, object-oriented programming is Javascript's gift to humanity" (2018).
  • Data (databases and filesystems):
    • XML, JSON, YAML, SQL
  • Connections:
    • HTTP Request/Response handling from server and client side
    • SSE
    • Websockets
  • Session/Authentication:
    • Using Basic auth over HTTPS
    • Server-side authentication => secure cookie
    • JWT authentication
  • Testing & designing APIs w/ Postman
  • The Browser:
    • All the Web APIs…



• The Front-end:

  • Web-native vanilla Javascript:

    • Up to date on latest browser capabilities, including:

      • Transition API: for building traditional sites to feel like SPAs.
      • Custom Elements: for encapsulating logic into a reusable components, which may be simply embedded into content —using the Shadow DOM as needed to abstract the component template and style from the Document
      • Native CSS: inline nested selectors and variables for organizing and applying styles.
      • ESM Modules: the native module system is essential for well ordered code for the browser providing a powerful abstraction for encapsulating, importing and exporting code.
      • and everything else that runs in the browser with no build step 👍👍.

  • Javascript frameworks: Vue, Svelte, Solid




• The Back-end:

  • PHP
  • Javascript web servers:
    • Express
    • Hono
  • Javascript meta frameworks:
    • Nuxt
    • Astro
    • SvelteKit
    • SolidStart

• Content Management Systems:

  • Directus
  • Strapi
  • Ghost
  • Grav



• Server Management:

  • 16 years of experience using Linux
  • Running containerized web applications on hosted Ubuntu VPS:
    • by writing compose.yaml and Dockerfiles
  • Managing web infrastructure from web portal:
    • Cloudron
    • cPanel



• Dev Ops:

  • Docker: configuring and building container images and pushing to registry, and running containers for production.
  • Git: Basic usage of git add, commit, push and pull commands and writing .gitignore files for secret .env variables.

What I would like to learn next!

• Tailwind-based UI libraries
• Symfony framework w/ Twig templating
• Service Worker as in-browser proxy/server
• Odd.dev SDK for decentralized web apps
• NixOS for deterministic server configuration
• Lit or Svelte for defining/compiling <custom-element>

I really just want to deliver experiences, so I am choosing to avoid heavy build systems, complicated tooling and development workflows whenever possible.

After a long journey of exploration through the javascript ecosystem, I have come to appreciate the power and simplicity of PHP!