Douglas Crockford

Born 1955

From Minnesota, United States · Nationality: United States

American computer programmer

Quotes

“The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.”
In response to David Winer
“JavaScript is built on some very good ideas and a few very bad ones. The very good ideas include functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. The bad ideas include a programming model based on global variables.”
JavaScript: The Good Parts, 1.2. Analyzing JavaScript.

Books by Douglas Crockford in the order they were published, from Beste an JavaScript (2008) to Million Zeros (2022).

David FlanaganAuthor of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, a broad and detailed reference, which suits readers who want full coverage after The Good Parts.
Kyle SimpsonAuthor of the You Don't Know JS series, which also examines JavaScript's behavior closely and sometimes in depth on confusing features.
Nicholas ZakasWrites practical books on professional JavaScript development, aimed at working programmers.
Stoyan StefanovAuthor of JavaScript Patterns, which covers common coding patterns and is a natural next step for readers interested in code structure.