Douglas Crockford
Programmer who specified JSON; wrote JavaScript: The Good Parts.
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- Douglas Crockford is an American programmer known for his work on JavaScript.
- He specified the JSON data format, put it up at json.org in 2002 and wrote RFC 4627 in 2006.
- He built the JSLint code checker and the JSMin minifier.
- He wrote JavaScript: The Good Parts (2008) and How JavaScript Works (2018).
- He was a senior JavaScript architect at PayPal until 2019.
Key facts
- Specified
- JSON; json.org (2002); RFC 4627 (July 2006)1
- Tools
- JSLint, JSMin1
- Books
- JavaScript: The Good Parts (O'Reilly, 2008); How JavaScript Works (2018)1
- Career
- Atari, Lucasfilm, Paramount; co-founded Electric Communities (CEO 1994 to 1995); founded State Software (CTO 2001 to 2002); PayPal until 20191
- Education
- Radio and Television, San Francisco State University (1975)1
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