Foreword by Rey Bango

There’s never been a better time to be a developer. The Internet has opened up more avenues of opportunities for programmers than at any time I can recall in my 20+ years in information technology. I cringe (with some fondness) at how learning a new technology, especially a programming language, was a fairly arduous task involving terse manuals, glowing monochrome screens, and CRTs as big as some small TVs. But the Internet has changed all of that, allowing us to learn anywhere we want via numerous types of connected devices and have a wealth of information presented to us in the blink of an eye.

And while developers are reaping the benefits of this, the ones truly benefitting are the typical, everyday computer users who ...

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