Josh Comeau

Hi, I'm Josh! Believe it or not, the very first non-trivial web application I built was an online education platform! My friend worked as a tutor, and he wanted a way to assign math problems to his students. I built it with PHP, MySQL, and jQuery. It was a dog's breakfast, but it worked. I abandoned that project when I discovered Khan Academy, a world-renowned non-profit on a mission to provide a free, world-class education online. Years later, I would join as a software engineer, to help build that platform! I got to work alongside some of the smartest pedagogical minds in the world, and I learned a whole lot about how to create effective educational content. I've spent the last couple years working in senior engineering roles at organizations like DigitalOcean and Gatsby Inc., building tools to help developers get their ideas off the ground. For the past few years, I've also taught part-time for Journey Education, developing curriculum and leading web-development courses at Concordia University. It's been almost a decade since I built my first educational platform. I've learned a lot about education since then, and it's high time I do something with that knowledge and experience. CSS for JavaScript Developers is the culmination of my career, and I genuinely believe it'll be profoundly useful. I'm so excited to help you on your journey with CSS!