Matthew MacDonald

Teacher, coder, author of heavy books. Many-time Microsoft MVP. Left this circus for Mastodon. Find me @[email protected]

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

After thousands of traditionally published pages, I'm trying something new: a self-published book for kids & beginners learning to code. Meet "𝗔 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁", released today in a free PDF https://t.co/JAhK9H1vUW (Details in thread)

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

@chnasarre And that it had impeccable tech reviewing :)

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

How not to handle #null. Like all good bugs, this site only does this every once in a while

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

@dustinmoris Do you put "don't ship broken software" under the heading "ship with more confidence"? Because QA is there to protect you from the bugs you miss, like when Apple reintroduced a fixed jailbreak vulnerability in iOS 12.4 (one eg of many). A regression test would've caught it.

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

@dvassallo I became a bit obsessed with teaching my three kids coding during the pandemic. I have a whole flowchart of options here https://t.co/YOvFolGTN1 and a free book that uses JavaScript exercises that you can run online on CodePen https://t.co/7kxisaiRi3 Hope it helps someone!

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

@dvassallo @alemiralles For younger kids you can program Minecraft in Blockly (a visual programming language like Scratch). I tried it and wrote about it with my kids https://t.co/5D6j7KZnd8

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

Of course *you* know that a #ChatGPT response is a pattern of heuristically likely words that often contains factual mistakes. But do you know how deep the rabbit hole goes? https://t.co/8fNhs7bs3s

[Shroff Publishers @shroffpub]

Indian Reprint of JavaScript Cookbook, 3Ed by @adamdscott @prosetech & shelley powers
https://t.co/ITKoDT79fM
@JavaScript @TCS @thoughtworks @Infosys
@JavaScriptDaily @javascriptd
#javascript #reactjs #vuejs #NodeJS #webprogramming #oreillymedia #shroffpublishers

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

@MikeCodesDotNET @jetbrains @icons_8 @github @SchneiderElec Valid points!

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

Talking about the gradual decline of #WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), the outsourcing controversy, and the strange fact that #WinForms is still here after two decades. https://t.co/UWPWm3vgqr #dotnet

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

@ConsultOrlovsky I haven't read it but I'm always a fan of different & quirky formats. I was actually lined up to write a HF book years ago but I couldn't get excited about the topic (SharePoint).

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

If one of your technology resolutions includes #mastodon that's probably a good resolution

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

And if you don't remember why you were following, here's a quick recap. I chat about the .NET stack, web dev, future tech, and--occasionally--weird creative things like my coding-with-ninjas book for kids.

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

Well, I'm out! The Fauci conspiracy theories, ex-Twitter-employee abuse, and dishonest moderation policy made me reconsider my time in the bird circus. I'd love to meet all you fine folks again over at Mastodon!

I'm @[email protected]

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

Elon & Marjorie Taylor Greene are just friends of convenience. If you figure out whether it's worse to be an immoral opportunist or an insane true believer, let me know. 3/3

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

This has 1% to do with politics and 99% to do with a cynical troll who just believes capturing "conservative energy" will boost his platform, compensate for lost ad revenue, and eventually make him money. 2/3

[Scott Hanselman 🌮 @shanselman]

This season of black mirror is not as good as the first

[Matthew MacDonald @prosetech]

The #midjourney prompt everyone wants to write: /imagine x,y,z but please put the right number of fingers on each hand