Mehul Mohan - Learn ECMAScript

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Mehul Mohan is an independent developer and likes to develop useful things. He has been working with JavaScript for over 5 years in multiple environments, such as mobile apps, frontend, and backend. He likes to learn and use new languages and frameworks. He runs Codedamn, his YouTube channel, which was started as a programming hobby but has been growing since then to teach various programming languages to millions of people. He's currently pursuing his bachelor's degree in computer science at BITS, Goa.

Narayan Prusty is a full-stack developer with 5 years of experience. He specializes in Blockchain, Cloud, and JavaScript. His commitment has allowed him to build scaleable products for startups, governments, and enterprise across India, Singapore, USA, and UAE. At present, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Hyperledger Fabric 1.0, IPFS, Ripple, and so on are some of the things he uses on regular basics to build decentralized applications. Currently he is a full time Full-Stack and Blockchain Engineer at ConsenSys Enterprise. He starts working on something immediately if he feels it's exciting and solves real work problem. He build a MP3 search engine at the age of 18 and since then he has build various other applications which are used by people around the globe. His ability to build scaleable applications from top-to-bottom is what makes him special. Currently he is on a mission to make things easier, faster, and cheaper using blockchain technology. And also he is looking at possibilities to prevent corruptions, fraud, and bring transparency to the world using blockchain technology.

Domenico Luciani, is a 25-year-old young passionate programmer, currently working as a software engineer for XPeppers, performing extreme programming. He graduated in computer science from the university of Palermo. He is a computer vision enthusiast and loves security, and in his free time, he takes part in bounty programs, hackathons, and dedicated open source events.

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