Get familiar with Mint
Learn some of its syntax
Understand how to get started with it
Explore some of the semantics
Get enough to explore more on your own
That Mint is an alternative approach to web UI
That Mint is pretty usable as-is, today
That Mint is... refreshing! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Who is this guy?
Architect, Engineering Manager/Leader, "force multiplier"
Principal -- Neward & Associates
http://www.newardassociates.com
Educative (http://educative.io) Author
Performance Management for Engineering Managers
Author
Professional F# 2.0 (w/Erickson, et al; Wrox, 2010)
Effective Enterprise Java (Addison-Wesley, 2004)
SSCLI Essentials (w/Stutz, et al; OReilly, 2003)
Server-Based Java Programming (Manning, 2000)