douglas crockford Archives

Time to embrace some new features

A modern approach to object creation in JavaScript

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Start using Douglas Crockford’s Object.create method, now supported by all modern browsers.

Sticking to the script

Douglas Crockford: Java was a colossal failure…JavaScript is succeeding because it works.

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Tom Wießeckel speaks to JavaScript god Douglas Crockford on Google Dart and why your mom doesnt care what JavaScript is.

It's been said only a madman would use all of C++. It's also been said only a madman would use C++."

Programming Style and Your Brain – Douglas Crockford

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In this talk from JAXconf, Senior JavaScript Architect Douglas Crockford discusses the relationship between programming style and your brain. Session Overview: The systems in our brains that make us vulnerable to advertising and propaganda also influence our programming styles. This talk looks systematically at the development of a programming style that specifically improves the reliability of programs. The examples are given in JavaScript, a language with an uncommonly large number of bad parts, but the principles are applicable to all languages. Filming from Marakana Tech TV. Picture courtesy of jetheriot on Flickr

Bow to its might

JAXconf – Javascript: Your New Overlord

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First misunderstanding, then huge semipopularity, and now, respect. Despite its many obvious deficiencies, Java’s stupid little brother has gotten something profoundly right. What does the future hold for this duckling?