Crockford on JavaScript - Section 8: Programming Style & Your Brain

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as an entertaining, insightful talk about the nature of programming, with memorable lines about programmers and a refreshing slide style.

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

programming style

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2015

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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• > A straightforward lecture delivered directly from a powerpoint is not automatically a bad thing. It might not be bad in itself and if you do it right it can be as good or better than a presentation without the material that is read aloud. …

• Douglas Crockford has a great talk that touches on the head-gut connection and how it relates to programming. "We could not program without our gut. I have absolutely no evidence to justify that statement. But my gut tells me it's true, so I believe it." …

• Douglas Crockford touches on this aspect in this entertaining and insightful talk [0]. I'm guilty of what you state and I think a large part of "programming" is rudimentary boiler plate coding/configuration and staring into the Abyss. I think our role will be to design …