Hi, I'm Jesse Skinner.
I'm a freelance web developer, author, college professor, youtuber, twitch streamer, husband and father. I've been making web sites for over 25 years. I love coding, especially JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Svelte!
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: twitter.com/JesseSkinner
YouTube: youtube.com/codingwithjesse
Twitch: twitch.tv/JesseSkinner
DEV: dev.to/jesseskinner
GitHub: github.com/JesseSkinner
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jesseskinner
Recent articles
Introduction to WebGL and shaders September 15th, 2021 I recently worked on a project where I needed to use WebGL. I was trying to render many thousands of polygons on a map in...
MySQL: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure April 7th, 2021 If you've ever tried to use the MySQL command line tool in some automated bash scripts or cron jobs, you'll probably wonder how to pass...
Why I quit Twitter March 21st, 2021 I used to love Twitter. When I signed up in 2008, it was a new place to publicly talk with people from around the world....
Lessons learned from my first video course December 16th, 2020 I've wanted to launch one of my side projects for a very long time. I'm the kind of guy who loves starting things, but never...
Sapper is dead! What's next in Svelte? October 28th, 2020 In case you missed it, Rich Harris gave a presentation at Svelte Summit 2020, where he announced that Sapper v1 will never be released! Instead,...
Finding time for side projects August 1st, 2020 In many ways, time has been going very slowly amidst this pandemic, as we've all waited for case numbers to come down, lockdowns to lift,...
Recent videos
The Joy of Svelte is now available! 
Fixing a bug in Svelte, from issue to pull request 
Switching from bash to fish shell 
7 Svelte features that bring me joy 
Introducing The Joy of Svelte 
Snowpack Quick Start 
React Hooks vs Svelte 
Migrating my blog admin from React to Svelte and Sapper 
First time using Svelte, let's play Tic Tac Toe! 
Come learn GastbyJS and static site generators with me 
Trying out Cypress front-end testing framework for the first time. 
Apr 5, 2018 - Ask me anything! All skill levels welcome.