Douglas Crockford
Douglas Crockford is the creator of JSON and works at Paypal.
Douglas was born in the wilds of Minnesota, but left when he was only six months old because it was just too damn cold. He turned his back on a promising career in television when he discovered computers. He has worked in learning systems, small business systems, office automation, games, interactive music, multimedia, location-based entertainment, social systems, and programming languages.
He is the inventor of Tilton, the ugliest programming language that was not specifically designed to be an ugly programming language. He is best known for having discovered that there are good parts in JavaScript. This was an important and unexpected discovery. He discovered the JSON Data Interchange Format. He is currently working on making the web a secure and reliable software delivery platform and has been developing various JavaScript related tools such as JSLint and JSMin.
Talks I've Given
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Keynote: How JavaScript Works: A Preview
Featuring Douglas Crockford
JavaScript is not just the goofy language that the web is stuck with. JavaScript is the vehicle of transition into the next paradigm of programming. In this Keynote Talk Douglas will share with you why JavaScript matters, and how JavaScript works.
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The Post JavaScript Apocalypse
Featuring Douglas Crockford
What is there after JavaScript? What language will take its place? Join Douglas Crockford for this month's FullStack Bytes where he'll be looking at new features in ES6 and what to expect next!
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Fun with Functions in JavaScript: How Far Can You Go? (Part II)
Featuring Douglas Crockford
Part II of this mind expanding workshop will help you to think functionally, which is a rare and useful skill. Through a graduated series of problems, your knowledge of what is possible with Javascript will grow exponentially. As the material will build in sequence, it is best to attend this Part...
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Fun with Functions in JavaScript: How Far Can You Go? (Part I)
Featuring Douglas Crockford
World leading expert on JavaScript, Douglas Crockford, will stretch your knowledge of JavaScript in this mind-expanding workshop. This advanced, hands-on JavaScript workshop is about using functions and thinking with functions to take your JavaScript use to another level. This workshop will...
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Javascript: The Better Parts
Featuring Douglas Crockford
Programming has (or should have) a special relationship with perfection. This talk is about using programming languages more effectively, and using that experience to create and select better programming languages.
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The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language
Featuring Douglas Crockford
JavaScript has become important and ubiquitous. There are more people writing JavaScript than any other language. The language is surprisingly powerful, but comes with virtually no guard rails or safety devices. It is possible to write JavaScript in the style of other languages, but that can...
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The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language
Featuring Douglas Crockford
JavaScript has become important and ubiquitous. There are more people writing JavaScript than any other language. The language is surprisingly powerful, but comes with virtually no guard rails or safety devices. It is possible to write JavaScript in the style of other languages, but that can...
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The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language
Featuring Douglas Crockford
JavaScript has become important and ubiquitous. There are more people writing JavaScript than any other language. The language is surprisingly powerful, but comes with virtually no guard rails or safety devices. It is possible to write JavaScript in the style of other languages, but that can...
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