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[jpinsd]

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I've been having some trouble concentrating on my "work" lately. And by "work" I mean learning JQuery and MVC, so I can put together a better résumé / portfolio to find a new job.

After a day of doing chores, and trying to avoid contact with my room mate (he has the flu, poor bear), I went to dinner tonight with the delightful mdarnaud at El Zarape Mexican restaurant.

39 / 365, originally uploaded by JP in SD.

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[jpinsd.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I might just do that.

What I've read so far tells me that i've been pretty much doing it on my own anyway, because it makes sense. I just haven't been doing it as structured and formal as the examples i've been looking at.

I think mostly what I need to do is come up with a little project for me, something that uses MVC and jQuery both, and just start *doing*. i learn so much better with practical application, not theoretical.

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Well, jquery by its nature isn't fully OO (javascript is sorta kinda OO, but not like Ruby or LISP), which means you're going to be shoehorning Proper MVC in some places. This will inevitably result in some spaghetti code, but proper form will keep it at a minimum.

The wonderful thing about using a real OO language and MVC is you can have a fully working app, stubbing out all the functions in literally moments. You can then, in an orderly fashion, code and insert each module, without breaking anything, ever. This entails thorough planning (like Pre Vis in movies/TV), but you want to do that anyway.