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Nordic.js 2014 • Douglas Crockford - The Better Parts

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What it is

Douglas Crockford's Nordic.js 2014 talk on 'the better parts' of JavaScript and programming in general. He argues against `this`, `new` and ES6 classes, and for classless, composition-based object patterns, with some broader remarks on building better structures for the future.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it whenever JavaScript classes, `this` or inheritance come up, as the clearest case for classless OOP from Crockford.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I BEG you all to watch the following two videos in full”

    Crockford on building better structures for future generations.

    shkaboinka, 2016-11 · Strong recommendation · in “WebAssembly Stack Machine”

  2. “there is an interesting talk[0] by D.Crockford on the subject”

    Crockford on avoiding this and complexity in JavaScript.

    hrktb, 2014-12 · Recommendation · in ““This” in JavaScript”

  3. “It's possible to write javascript without `this`, a style preferred e.g. by Douglas Crockford, explained in the video below.”

    Explains writing JavaScript without this.

    Yaggo, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “‘This’ in JavaScript”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: javascript, crockford, es6 classes, classless oop, composition

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