If I wanted to learn something, I’d first check to see if Mat Marquis wrote about it. I know few people as skilled at breaking down complex ideas into human-sized chunks; I know even fewer folks who write with such easy, approachable wit.
I’ve learned so much from Mat over my career, and I’m excited I’ll be learning something new from him real soon. I can’t wait to check out JavaScript for Everyone.
I’d read Mat’s writing purely for pleasure. I’ve read a lot of technical writing in my time. It’s a skill to deliver technical correctness with clarity and brevity. Even then, rarely do you end up with anything fun. Mat reads like a grizzled poet, with more curly brackets than em dashes, teaching you just what you need right when you need it. It’s perfect, and you’ll end up wanting more.
Mat’s domain experience, moral compass, and playful rhetoric make him one of my favourite tech writers working today. Whatever he chooses to publish, you can rest assured that reading will broaden your horizons and lighten your spirits.
It might feel like a lofty goal — especially if you’re relatively new to the industry — but this course is designed to push everyone beyond where they thought they could be.
During this course, your overall skillset will be developed way beyond where it is now, even if you already hold a senior position. We’ll cover so much ground at a pace that works for you, you won't recognise yourself — for the better — when you complete JavaScript for Everyone. The hope is that you can then push your career beyond a level you ever thought possible.
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I remember way back when I first read one of Mat’s articles about responsive images. I’ve taken time to read everything he’s written since then, and every time it has been a delight. He has a gift for making the complicated, approachable and the dry, fun. He has a pragmatic sensibility that conveys the intricacies of a topic while still keeping the vibe of “but let’s play video games after this.”
If there’s a topic I don’t understand and Mat has written about it, I know that not only will I understand it after reading what he’s written, I’ll have a great time with it, too. Everything he writes goes to 11. Treat yourself.
Mat’s writing stands out in an industry that is full of unnecessary over-complication for complication’s sake. He takes technical concepts and breaks them down in a way that is direct, easy to understand, and oftentimes entertaining. JavaScript for Everyone is a gift for anyone looking to improve their understanding of the language that powers the web.
A lot of folks in tech spend their careers building enormous (and enormously intimidating) walls of complexity. Mat’s made his career out of smashing those walls: breaking ’em down with clarity and concision and making sure everything he puts into the world is inclusive, approachable, and, frankly – fun
My name is Mat “Wilto” Marquis, and I build websites. I’m an independent designer, front-end developer, and consultant. I’m also a retired amateur boxer, halfway decent cook, passable carpenter, bumbling antique British motorcycle mechanic, urban beekeeper, and occasional zine editor. I keep busy.
I've been building websites for almost twenty years now, working with clients like Microsoft, ProPublica, Axios, and the Boston Globe. My areas of expertise are accessibility and front-end performance, and my goal is to build a web that can better reach users in any browsing context, regardless of the size of their screen, the speed of their internet connection, the age of their device, or the combination of browsers and assistive technologies they use.
In the past I've been a member of the jQuery Team, an editor of the HTML specification, author of multiple books with A Book Apart, speaker at conferences like An Event Apart and Smashing Conference — I was even in the movie What Comes Next is the Future to discuss my role as Chair of the group responsible for bringing responsive image markup to the web platform. I’ve got an IMDB page for it and everything!
Just—… just ignore the other thing on there.
Long story.
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