#96 jQuery, Drake invest in eSports, insights and local stories
This week I spent a bit more time understanding the DOM and moved onto jQuery aka $ (lil dev joke there) and I am hear it traditionally fixed lots of the browser incompatibilities and makes JavaScript easier to work with so looking forward to doing more of this.
There are a couple ways to add jQuery to your project, but one simple way is to visit jQuery.com and download the file (I downloaded the compressed, production jQuery 3.3.1 by right clicking and choosing save link as on a mac )
I am still thinking about doing the Javascript 30 challenge, but the timing is not right for me just yet.
Insights
Whatsapp Business begins wordwide rollout
The iOS version of Whatsapp just rolled out this week to a few countries including the UK.
Whatspp business just hit the UK on iOS, dope for customer support. With more than a billion daily active users, globally, it’s the one channel you can get most people on.
Free Lunch in the City and Canary Wharf
Who said there is no such thing as free lunch? I saw someone post about this on Reddit and gave it a go…now I’m enjoying free lunches!!
Apple’s new ‘Sesame Street’-themed TV show will teach kids coding basics
Saw this interesting story in TechCrunch. Apple trying to inspire the next generation of coders.
I didn’t know Swift was Apple’s!!!
Google Graveyard - Killed by Google
A full list of dead products killed by Google in the Google Cemetery
Don’t be so hard on yourself, failing is part of the process
Small Business Saturday UK | Another year making a Big Difference!
I think small businesses are the best, and big companies incentives are often misaligned as they get greedy.
It’s basically a non-commercial campaign, celebrating small business success and encouraging consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities.
On being an Engineering Manager
Personal account about being an engineering manager
Amazon Prime members get a free year of Nintendo Switch Online through Twitch Prime – TechCrunch
Amazon giving away more free ish to lock people in - and gaming is a massive market
An Ultimate List of 230+ Slack Communities
Some guy put together a list of 230+ Slack communities
Makers
TfL to Monzo: A Monzo open API project
Saw these screenshots of a TfL x Monzo integration on Twitter which were built in Python.
Whilst it’s not an official integration, it was made using the API Monzo provides. If you’re interested in the technical details, he confirmed:
it involved web scraping the TfL website using a Python script and using the Monzo to push this data to a TfL transaction.
The 22 year old computer science student and blogger has also built a credit card workout app, maintains a blog and has built a HTML5 Game
Build with React JS
Build with React is a periodical of tutorials and advanced articles for the ReactJS library.
Tired of relying on Bootstrap?
Learn how to design awesome UIs by yourself using specific tactics explained from a developer’s point-of-view
Culture Chat
Drake invests in esports betting startup Players’ Lounge – TechCrunch
Your boy Drake investing alongside Silicon Valley investors to fund Players Lounge, an eSports startup that went through Y Combinator. They create an online hub for gamers to battle each other with money on the line. They have FIFA 19, NBA 2K19 Madden 19 and battle royale games I enjoy such as Fortnite, Apex Legends.
Someone supposedly received this email from Revolut
Beyond making the money to pay for life’s essentials, more and more people are telling me they want to work in companies who’s management they believe in.
I can't make this up
https://t.co/rrnd6JOWJC
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Not tech related, but we love a bit of culture don’t we? Whit Boateng, who’s putting on the highly anticipated The Ends festival in Croyden this year gave out free tickets to Drake’s concert at the O2 (or should I say O3?)
Last minute trips are a nightmare to organise but these pictures make them all worth it!!!
Special thank you to @Whitb_xx & her wonderful team for hooking the boys up with Drake tickets. This is their first time at the O2 😩💜 #TheReachOutProject https://t.co/eZOri4QsCq
Also the same concert where Drake showed the trailer that Tolly from #TheReceiptsPodcast wrote
God bless