Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Years

What this video covers

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 it surfaced in Hacker News

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.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

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

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

“is definitely must-watch”