I Think I Know What You’re Talking About, But I'm Not Sure
summary
Defines parameter vs argument with a JavaScript example (parameter names in function definition, argument values at call), explains lexical scope as cats in boxes vs dynamic scope by searching call chain, shows recursion concretely with factorials and the rule of a base case, traces instantiation back to universal instantiation (Frey the cat is a mammal) and treats DOM as a tree, notes AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML and jQuery can force sync.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:16Who am I
- 0:29Human Wasteland
- 1:08Disclaimers
- 3:07Parameter vs Argument
- 6:53Scope
- 14:25Recursion
- 17:57acronyms
- 20:44Ajax
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