Introduction to Node.js with Ryan Dahl

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a short, fun talk on Node's philosophy and the reasons it was built that remains relevant.

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

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

InfoQ

Topic

node.js

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2011–2018

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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• It's been a long since I watched "Introduction to Node.js with Ryan Dahl"[1], but although I think it was circa v0.4.0, it's not really outdated. It's a short talk, but it talks a little about Node's philosophy and I highly recommend watching it. I haven't …

• You can see the same sarcastic wit in this talk too: [VIDEO] It's still my favorite tech talk, very fun to watch.

• The only thing that makes node.js hip is people who call it hip. Using node.js isn't about being hip or cool, or whatever else you want to call it. It's about solving a problem you have. Personally node.js has solved a problem I was having …