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

YUI Library · talk · Watch on YouTube

Web developmentSoftware practice, open source & careersPython, Ruby & scripting languages

What it is

Douglas Crockford's YUIConf 2011 keynote on why programming style matters, particularly in JavaScript. He draws on science about the brain and shows how tools like JSLint help.

Why Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2015

What HN commenters said

  1. “And I find his style very refreshing.”

    Refreshing slide style with headlines and punchlines

    Perseids, 2014-03 · Recommendation · in “PowerPointless: Digital slideshows are the scourge of higher education”

  2. “Douglas Crockford has a great talk that touches on the head-gut connection”

    Talk on head-gut connection and programming

    tejohnso, 2015-05 · Recommendation · in “Gut Feelings: The “Second Brain” in Our Gastrointestinal Systems”

  3. “entertaining and insightful talk”

    Entertaining and insightful talk on programming's nature

    myth_buster, 2015-05 · Recommendation · in “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks”

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

Topics: javascript, jslint, douglas crockford, code style, psychology

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