If one has knowledge others can benefit from, one doesn't need to be "ordained ... an authority" to write about it.
If one cannot find a mentor to tell you this is good Javascript and this is bad Javascript, then books can fill that void.
Writing code without any guidance can only get a developer so far. He needs examples of good solid idiomatic code to progress. A good book, often by "just a guy", can provide that.
If one cannot find a mentor to tell you this is good Javascript and this is bad Javascript, then books can fill that void.
Writing code without any guidance can only get a developer so far. He needs examples of good solid idiomatic code to progress. A good book, often by "just a guy", can provide that.