Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Years

Why HN readers recommended 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.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

YUI Library

Topic

history of javascript and programming languages

Format

lecture

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

10

HN mentions in dataset

16

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• For a more accurate, informative and very digestible history of the evolution of programming languages, I urge you to watch this. It really is worth it! [VIDEO]

• Hard to say if it's the best, but Crockford series on javascript is just awesome. I highly recommend it. [VIDEO] (Browse the related videos to see the others)

• The Crockford's lecture about history of web-development (starting far before first computing machines and ending on javascript) is definitely must-watch. It's not so detailed because it's not a book, but gives a good overview. [VIDEO]