Once upon a time

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a beautiful hidden island. An island, quite captivating, with white sandy beaches, lush green hills and mighty white peaked mountains. The natives called it Asturi.

And were it not for an incredible and unexpected event, Asturi would have remained hidden and forgotten from the annals of history. A small, insignificant, unremarked place.

Some say it was during his early morning walk, some that it happened in the shower. Be that as it may, Branden Iech, at the time the local eccentric and today considered the greatest Philosopher of antiquity, stumbled upon something that would change the world forever.

In talking to himself, as both his most beloved companions and his most bitter detractors would attest was a habit of his, he stumbled upon the magic words of JavaScript and the mysterious REPL.

In the years that followed he would teach the magic arts and fund The Order of JavaScriptmancers bringing a golden age to our civilization. Poor, naive philosopher. For such power wielded by mere humans was meant to be misused, to corrupt their fragile hearts and bring their and our downfall.

It has been ten thousand years, ten thousand years of wars, pain and struggle.

It is said that, in the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th age a hero will rise and bring balance to the world. That happens to be today.

12th Age, Guardian of Chronicles

This is a weird programming book. On one hand it is an awesome book on the superb vim text editor. On the other a spell book of sorts set in a world of fantasy where some people can wield JavaScript to affect the world around them. To essentially program the world and bend it to their will.