Simon Julian

Simon Julian

Simon was the GM and Head of Business at SitePoint, and a mentor at INCUBATE.

Simon's articles

Things to remember in a stabilising Crypto market
Things to remember in a stabilising Crypto market
Entrepreneur

By Simon Julian,

At the end of January 2018 cryptocurrencies big and small did what they've been doing for the past few years now and took a dive. The market went from an all-time high of around $USD830 billion to around $USD240 billion at the time of writing. This article touches on some things to remember as the market stabilises.

Adsense and AdWords – why use them?
Adsense and AdWords – why use them?
Web

By Simon Julian,

There are a lot of different ways that savvy people monetise the web, of which AdSense is only one. This article explores the good and bad of using Adsense and the Adwords platform and gives you an overview out of how to get the best out of them in the early days.

IOST Community Hub launched!
IOST Community Hub launched!
Blogs

By Simon Julian,

The successful launch of IOST testnet — Everest v0.5 triggered a huge response across the IOST community. IOST are excited to announce the official launch of the IOST Community Hub!

6 Javascript Projects – released June 2018
6 Javascript Projects – released June 2018
Blogs

By Simon Julian,

This book presents six complete JavaScript projects; each taking advantage of modern JavaScript and its ecosystem. You’ll learn to build several different apps, and along the way you’ll pick up a ton of useful advice, tips, and techniques.

Practical ES6, released June 2018
Practical ES6, released June 2018
Blogs

By Simon Julian,

Practical ES6 provides an introduction to many of the powerful new JavaScript language features that were introduced in ECMAScript 2015, as well as features introduced in ECMAScript 2016 and 2017. It also takes a look at the features planned for ECMAScript 2018 in this rapidly evolving language.

JavaScript: Best Practice, released June 2018
JavaScript: Best Practice, released June 2018
Blogs

By Simon Julian,

There’s no doubt that the JavaScript ecosystem changes fast. Not only are new tools and frameworks introduced and developed at a rapid rate, the language itself has undergone big changes with the introduction of ES2015 (aka ES6). We’re aiming to minimize that confusion with this set of books on modern JavaScript