Must-Watch JavaScript

This is a collection of well-received talks about JavaScript, covering topics such as ES6, JavaScript frameworks, client-side apps, mobile integration, JavaScript performance, tooling, leveling up, and more.

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2018

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Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
In the Loop	Jake Archibald	JSConf.Asia	35:11
10 Things I Regret About Node.js	Ryan Dahl	JSConf.EU	26:41
Deep Learning in JS	Ashi Krishnan	JSConf.EU	31:30

2017

Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
Immutable Data Structures for Functional JS	Anjana Vakil	JSConf.EU	26:32
JavaScript Engines - How Do They Even?	Franziska Hinkelmann	JSConf.EU	25:13
Async + Await	Wes Bos	dotJS	15:51
Advanced Async and Concurrency Patterns in JavaScript	Kype Simpson	JS.LA Meetup	39:42
The Browser Hackers Guide to Instantly Loading Everything	Addy Osmani	JSConf.EU	28:09

2016

Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
The Rise of Async JavaScript	Jeremy Fairbank	FluentConf	28:58
Reasonable JavaScript	Preethi Kasireddy	Nodevember	50:12
Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript	Anjana Vakil	JSUnconf	29:56
Choosing a JavaScript Framework	Rob Eisenberg	NDC Oslo	1:01:13
The Myth of The "Real JavaScript Developer"	Brenna O'Brien	Front-Trends	27:05
An Angular 2 Force Awakens	John Papa	ng-conf	20:39
React.js for TV UIs	Steve McGuire	Netflix JavaScript Talks	35:02
The Hitchhiker's Guide to All Things Memory in JavaScript	Safia Abdalla	JSConf Budapest	26:16
SVG and GreenSock for Complex Animation	Sarah Drasner	ForwardJS Summit	40:16

2015

Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
JavaScript in 2015	Glen Maddern	(screencast)	10:32
Angular + React = Speed	Dave Smith	ng-conf	19:26
Parallelism Experiments in JavaScript	Naveed Ihsanullah	JSConf.US	32:39
Eliminate JavaScript Code Smells	Elijah Manor	FluentConf	29:15
Pocket-Sized JS	Henrik Joreteg	dotJS	18:44
What the... JavaScript?	Kyle Simpson	ForwardJS	38:16
Real World jQuery	Ben Foxall	jQuery UK	26:45
JavaScript State of the Union	Geoff Schmidt	Meteor Devshop SF	48:47
Dirty Performance Secrets of HTML5	Andreas Gal	FluentConf	14:15
You Should Use <Insert Library/Framework>, It's the Bestestest!	Paul Lewis	ffconf	33:31
Async Programming in ES7	Jafar Husain	JSConf.US	35:56
Live React: Hot Reloading with Time Travel	Dan Abramov	ReactEurope	30:40
JavaScript Transformation	Sebastian McKenzie	JSConf.US	20:23
Node.js at Netflix	Kim Trott	Node.js Interactive	25:17
If You Wish to Learn ES6/2015 From Scratch, You Must First Invent the Universe	Ashley Williams	JSConf.US	25:48

2014

Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
Enemy of the State	Amy Palamountain	Forward JS	32:40
Mary Live-Codes a JavaScript Game from Scratch	Mary Rose Cook	Front-Trends	32:16
Unorthodox Performance	John-David Dalton	ForwardJS	43:39
What the Heck Is the Event Loop Anyway?	Philip Roberts	JSConf.EU	26:53
Building Isomorphic Apps	Spike Brehm	JSConf.Asia	45:01
JavaScript for Everybody	Marcy Sutton	JSConf.EU	28:59
JavaScript ♥ Unicode	Mathias Bynens	JSConf.EU	25:41
Using AngularJS to Create iPhone & Android Applications with PhoneGap	Daniel Zen	ng-conf	21:34
Virtual Machines, JavaScript and Assembler	Scott Hanselman	FluentConf	25:56
User Interface Algorithms	Mark DiMarco	JSConf.US	27:41
End to End Angular Testing with Protractor	Julie Ralph	ng-conf	18:46
Async JavaScript at Netflix	Jafar Husain	Netflix JavaScript Talks	28:38
Building Realtime Apps with Firebase and Angular	Anant Narayanan	ng-conf	21:08

2013

Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
A JavaScript Web App Deconstructed	Alex MacCaw	JSConf.Asia	36:24
JavaScript in Your Native Mobile Apps	Allen Pike	JSConf.EU	25:47
JavaScript Masterclass	Angelina Fabbro	JSConf.US	22:33
A Comparison of the Two-Way Binding in AngularJS, EmberJS and KnockoutJS	Marius Gundersen	JSConf.EU	19:16
Hacker Way: Rethinking Web App Development at Facebook	Tom Occhino, Jing Chen, and Pete Hunt	F8	44:35
Promises and Generators: Control Flow Utopia	Forbes Lindesay	JSConf.EU	31:26
How to Rewrite Your JS App (at Least) 10 Times	Garann Means	Fronteers	47:45
Front-End Development in Node.js	Raquel Vélez	jQuery Conference Portland	34:01
Front-End Tools for the Young Developer	Christian Vuerings	SF HTML5 User Group	14:16
Rethinking Best Practices	Pete Hunt	JSConf.Asia	40:57
Righteous Javascript, Dude!	Zach Bruggerman	Cascadia JS	18:15
Transitioning Groupon to NodeJS	Sean McCullough	EmpireJS	28:23
Building Modular Web Applications: How To Build a Good Component	Angelina Fabbro	jQuery Conference Portland	35:02
Making JS More Learnable	Pamela Fox	dotJS	28:46
The Web Experience in the Autistic Spectrum	Natalia Berdys	JSConf.EU	30:37
Return of Inspector Web: Web Components a Year Later	Angelina Fabbro	Fronteers	49:44
Develop High Performance Sites and Apps with JavaScript and HTML5	Dr. Doris Chen	HTML5DevConf Meetup	1:01:39
Building Reflow	Kristofer Joseph	BackboneConf	45:41
Levelling Up in AngularJS	Alicia Liu	HTML5DevConf	40:31

2012

Talk	Speaker	Event	Time
A Novel, Efficient Approach to JavaScript Loading	Malte Ubl and John Hjelmstad	JSConf.EU	26:36
To Hell with jQuery	Karolina Szczur	JSConf.EU	20:00
Is Node.js Better?	Brian Ford	JSConf.US	41:42
Inspector Web and the Mystery of the Shadow DOM	Angelina Fabbro	JSConfEU	28:42
Maintainable JavaScript	Nicholas Zakas	FluentConf	47:04
Client Side Internationalization	Alex Sexton	JSConf.EU	24:08