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David Flanagan

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David Flanagan writes djf.log(), a personal blog at davidflanagan.com about programming and web. Since 2007, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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23mentions?
15HN people?
2007–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2011

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  1. petercooper · 2020-06-18
    David has written about what's new, if anyone's interested: https://davidflanagan.com/2020/05/03/changes-in-the-seventh-... I also (briefly) interviewed him about it here: https://superhighway.dev/david-flanagan-interview

    Comment linking /2020/05/03/changes-in-the-seventh-edition.html

    on “Deep JavaScript: Theory and Techniques”
  2. telemachos · 2011-04-26

    Submitted David Flanagan (JavaScript Definitive Guide author) on piracy as a story · 58 points

    HN discussion
  3. marvel_boy · 2016-03-01
    Ironically his blog( http://www.davidflanagan.com ) says right now: "My site was hacked and was hosting malware. So its down until I can rebuild it."

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Is it possible to live off technical writing?”
  4. fogus · 2010-05-12

    Submitted Closures in Java 7: Not Likely as a story · 30 points

    HN discussion
  5. asb · 2007-09-30
    Straight from the author, what's new in the 5th edition: http://www.davidflanagan.com/blog/2006_08.html#000110

    Comment linking /blog/2006_08.html

    on “Ask YC Hackers: What's the best text for learning Javascript?”
  6. thisisblurry · 2012-04-06

    Submitted JavaScript: It's a Language, Not a Community as a story · 12 points

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  7. taylorbuley · 2011-05-04

    Submitted More on Book Piracy as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. shawndumas · 2010-12-30

    Submitted I can ssh to my squeezebox remote as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  9. josscrowcroft · 2011-11-14

    Submitted Why I want Classes in JavaScript as a story · 4 points

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  10. shawndumas · 2010-12-09

    Submitted Let it Snow as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. tilt · 2011-10-27

    Submitted HTML Parsing with JavaScript as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. bootload · 2011-08-22

    Submitted CoverMonkey: code coverage for SpiderMonkey as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. bpierre · 2020-05-13

    Submitted JavaScript Features to Forget as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. shawndumas · 2011-05-05

    Submitted 10 Favorite Examples from My Book as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. shawndumas · 2011-03-30

    Submitted DataView class for Firefox 4 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. shawndumas · 2011-03-18

    Submitted Radiation = Radioactivity as a story · 2 points

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  17. shawndumas · 2011-02-25

    Submitted The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition as a story · 2 points

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  18. shawndumas · 2011-01-27

    Submitted IndexedDB Status Report and Demo as a story · 2 points

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  19. shawndumas · 2011-01-12

    Submitted Console.log() for Web Workers as a story · 2 points

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  20. pietrofmaggi · 2010-12-10

    Submitted Let it Snow [showing the power of the Canvas tag] as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. avsaro · 2012-01-26

    Submitted Mozilla and Web Literacy as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. cleverjake · 2011-12-15

    Submitted Geeks vs. Celebs: The Mozilla Firefox Challenge and TeamJS as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. shawndumas · 2011-03-01

    Submitted JQuery coverage in JavaScsipt: The Definitive Guide as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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