Crockford on Javascript
2011-Nov-07, Monday 06:49 pmI'd like to share with you a series of talks by Yahoo architect Douglas Crockford from last year. There are six in all, and you can either download or watch them online. They're not short, ranging between one hour fifteen minutes to two hours long each, but I'm finding them highly enjoyable. Personal highlights are Volume One: The Early Years which takes a tour of computing from punch-cards, through hardware, software, and language evolution, to JavaScript. And Episode IV: The Metamorphosis of Ajax which looks at the development and evolution of the internet, taking in the browser wars, CSS and HTML5. Some of his views are a bit surprising, but that just makes them all the more entertaining!