Douglas Crockford Quotes

Just because something is a standard doesn't mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.

Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people

Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last ...

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.

Features that offer value to a minority of users impose a cost on all users.

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.

The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.

The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.

Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own.

JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language.

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.

JS will be a real functional language.

People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

I give permission
for IBM, its customers, partners, and minions, to use JSLint for evil.

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