Best Inspiring Documentary Films Dedicated To Software Developers
Tags: webdev, tutorial, javascript, beginners
Published: 2020-03-17 06:44:17

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These documentaries showcase stories and developers on their way to becoming rockstars. Also, these documentaries show the fact that these developers took the initiative to engineer something that could be extended far beyond the bounds of their initial requirements. It shows tremendous creativity.

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# [GraphQL: The Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=783ccP__No8)

Starring Lee Byron, Dan Schafer and Nick Schrock  (co-creators of GraphQL) and other big names from the #GraphQL community, "GraphQL: The Documentary" explores the story of why and how GraphQL came to be and the impact it's having on big #tech companies worldwide, including Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, and Github.

[![GraphQL: The Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/urmi2wbEpGk/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=783ccP__No8)

# [Vue.js: The Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrxmtDw4pVI)

What began as a side project of a Google developer now shares the JS leaderboard with #React and #Angular...
With the help of Sarah Drasner, Taylor Otwell, Thorsten Lünborg and many others from the Vue.js community, Evan You tells the story of how he fought against the odds to bring #Vuejs to life. Imagine a few nerdy guys in one team can compete with Monsters like Facebook and Google?  VueJs is the spirit of Open Source Project.

[![Vue.js: The Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2EmYw-O-WLI/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrxmtDw4pVI)

# [Ember.js: The Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvz-9ccflKQ)

Starring Yehuda Katz and Tom Dale  (co-creators of Ember.js), as well as many other big names from the #Ember community, "Ember.js: The Documentary" explores why and how #Emberjs came to be, the pioneers behind its creation and the life-altering decisions that go into making #opensource software.

[![Ember.js: The Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cvz-9ccflKQ/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvz-9ccflKQ)

# [Elixir: The Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxYFOM3UJzo)

Get ready to explore the origins of the #Elixir programming language, the manner in which it handles concurrency and the speed with which it has grown since its creation back in 2011.

Featuring José Valim, creator of Elixir, and several other big names from the Elixir community, including Justin Schneck, co-author of the Nerves Project, and Chris McCord, the creator of the Phoenix Framework, this documentary highlights the power of open-source development and the role of Elixir in enabling developers to achieve things that were impossible, or prohibitively expensive, to do before.

[![Elixir: The Documentary:](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lxYFOM3UJzo/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxYFOM3UJzo)


# [Scott Tolinski & The Origins of LevelUpTuts | mini-doc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9eh2iJsjxE)

Featuring Scott Tolinski from LevelUpTuts, we explore his journey as a break-dancer turned self-taught developer and chat about how "open source has opened so many doors to people being able to pick up and learn code without having to get a degree."

You can find him making tutorials on YouTube and podcasts on SyntaxFM about how to help fix major problems while learning technologies - born out of the realization that finding in-depth and basic tutorials online was no easy task. 

[![Scott Tolinski & The Origins of LevelUpTuts | mini-doc](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q9eh2iJsjxE/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9eh2iJsjxE)

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