

Editorβs Note: Hacker Noon is now on Youtube tooΒ :-)
Primary focus: All things Javascript
Signature: βGoooooood Monday Morningβ
Recommended videos: Worst Hello World app ever, Composition over Inheritance.
MPJ from FunFunFunction, is a glorious, wonderful oddity in the world of programming content creators. With a background in theater and programming, this former Spotify developer delivers highly engaging, personal and informative content. His videos are quirky, surprisingly funny and equal parts entertainment and education. The content ranges from in depth technical explanations of map, reduce and restructuring, to more high level concepts like composition vs inheritance and burnout. I entirely endorse his videos, so much so I became a patron of his last week. If youβre going to check out any video on this list, iβd highly recommend the worst Hello App ever ft React, Redux and so *shudder*, so much more.
Primary focus: P5js and Javascript
Signature: βWhy not use p5js?β
Recommended videos: Pathfinding, Neural networks, Twitter bot
Daniel Schiffman, in a few words is utterly endearing. His tutorial on how to make a twitter bot was my first foray into connecting to an API, it was so easy and so well explained I ended up binge watching hours of his videos. He has some extremely interesting stuff on neural networks, path-finding algorithms as well as simple, easily digestible projects. One of the things I like most with Daniel is that he explains everything thoroughly with no expectation of prior knowledge (unless otherwise stated). A number of tutorials will gloss over or assume prior knowledge, leaving you with several tabs open trying to fill in the gaps. Daniel does an excellent job of ensuring the only resource you need to complete his task, is in his video. For those looking at starting out with Javascript, The Coding train should be your first port of call.
Primary Focus: All things React, Node and Javascript
Signature: Doo Doo Doo Dah Dum
Recommended videos: 30 days of Javascript, The Redux Series
Wes Bos is someone I owe entirely too much in terms of my career development. His React, Redux, Es5 and Es6 courses have helped me very quickly plug gaps in my front end knowledge. While a portion of his content is paid, he has some superb free videos on Youtube including his excellent Redux course and the infamous 30 days of Javascript challenge. Iβve never enjoyed learning so much, than when I was participating in the 30 day JS challenge. He provides you with the styling and static elements, while you follow along with his videos to build a JS Drum kit, animated CSS clock and much, much more. Iβve bought many of his online courses, all have yielded fantastic value.
Primary Focus: Everything Development.
Signature: βHey whatβs up, this is Scott.β
Recommended videos: Sketch and React
Wesbosβs partner in crime. Iβm not entirely sure whoβs Batman and whoβs Robin but both are excellent sources of front end expertise (and break dancing). Scott has an overwhelming wealth of superb content, almost 1000 videos ranging from VS code tutorials, React, React Native, Meteor, Drupal, Magnetoβ¦. Iβll stop there. The videos are split into easily digestible blocks, and more focused on practical, functional application. Perfect for that moment when you have to learn Drupal 8 in a week and need some guided hands on experience. Thoroughly recommended.
As an aside, Scott and Wes also host my favorite tech podcast- βSyntax, tasty treats for Web Developers.β It has some sizable gold nuggets of information, with recent topics covering Accepting Money on the internet, How to slam dunk freelancing and CSS preprocessors & structuring CSS. Their dynamic is fantastic, stories entertaining and advice solid. 10/10 would recommend again.
Primary Focus: Computer Science. Bits and bytes to beyond.
Signature: 0011010000110010
Recommended videos: How not to store passwords, XSS, How Youtube works.
If youβre after for something a bit more computer sciency, perhaps something that delves into the real nitty gritty of some specific topics- Computerphile is your channel. The inherent strength of this channel is in the leveraging of working professionals and deep academics to explain complex topics. It lends a unique flavor and dynamic to the videos as each one has a different presenter. The content ranges from Why C is so influential, an explanation of pointers, to a 15 minute video explaining the Wanacry virus or the role of Matrixes in computer graphics. Overall a fantastic resource for those wanting to expand on some highly technical concepts.
Primary Focus: Technology explained for everyone
Signature: *fumble-clunk*β¦. βGoddamit Linus.β
Recommended videos: How does ATM skimming work, What is Anti-Aliasing, What happens if you delete System32
From the gods that are Linus Media Group, I present Tech Quickie. This channel is dedicated to explaining every day technologies for the everyday laymen. The videos are incredibly well polished, the production quality is second to none, and the content is primed in such a way that you gain value from every video. While this isnβt explicitly aimed at developers, some general concepts like βHow Netflix worksβ, Raid explained, or what is Linux are very useful. Pick and choose what interests you, no matter what you pick, it will be quality.
So there we have it! My top Youtube channels for the technologically inclined. If you liked this article, be sure to smash that like button, and if you think I missed anyone, tweet @mattkjer or leave a comment below! Alternatively, check out how I handled my Software development internship in video formΒ :D
Editorβs Note: Hacker Noon is now on Youtube tooΒ :-)
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