Kent C. Dodds
Also known as Kent Dodds, kentcdodds
JavaScript educator; created Testing Library; teaches React and web development full time.
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- Kent C.
- Dodds is an American software educator who teaches web development full time.
- He represented PayPal on TC-39, the committee that standardises JavaScript.
- He created Testing Library.
- He has given over a hundred talks, and an egghead course from one of them started his teaching career.
Key facts
- Born
- 1988, Twin Falls, Idaho1
- Education
- Brigham Young University, Master of Science in Information Systems, 20141
- Mission
- Served a two-year mission in the Missouri Independence Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints1
- PayPal
- Represented PayPal on TC-39, the JavaScript standards committee1
- Testing Library
- Its creator; GitNation OS Awards' Most Impactful Contribution to the community, for that work1
- Talks
- Over a hundred, on JavaScript, React, testing and careers1
- EpicAI.pro
- Announced it as his next chapter in April 20251
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