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Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Years

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What it is

Douglas Crockford's first Yahoo lecture puts JavaScript in historical context. He traces the language's structure and quirks back through the early decades of computer science and programming language history.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN repeatedly recommends the Crockford series as a must-watch history of computing and programming languages, and as a way to learn to think in JavaScript.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 10 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I urge you to watch this. It really is worth it!”

    Accurate, digestible history of programming language evolution

    Dogamondo, 2014-01 · Strong recommendation · in “A Brief And Mostly Wrong History Of Programming Languages”

  2. “Crockford series on javascript is just awesome. I highly recommend it.”

    Crockford's JavaScript series is highly recommended

    napsterbr, 2014-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?”

  3. “is definitely must-watch”

    Overview of computing and web history ending at JavaScript

    kornakiewicz, 2015-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to learn about the history of computing?”

  4. “they have reshaped the way I think about software development”

    Talks that reshaped how commenter thinks about software

    gravypod, 2016-06 · Strong recommendation · in “One Click to Be Pro: my list of the best resources for mastering a subject”

  5. “gives a really nice history of the many programming languages leading up to JavaScript”

    History of languages leading up to JavaScript

    jliechti1, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “JavaScript Isn't Scheme”

  6. “Section 3 is where you really start talking about JS.”

    Intro to thinking in JavaScript rather than Java

    rtpg, 2014-01 · Recommendation · in “Prototypes Are Not Classes”

  7. “has a number of videos that are very useful.”

    Crockford video series for experienced programmers learning JavaScript

    johnhenry, 2014-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Good JavaScript introductions for experienced programmers?”

  8. “There are some lectures by Crockford on youtube too”

    Crockford lectures as JavaScript learning resource

    ggurgone, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the best path for learning JavaScript for web development?”

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Topics: douglas crockford, javascript, computing history, programming languages, web history

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