Douglas Crockford Quotes
Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.
JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.
In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.
Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.
Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.
It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.
Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.
People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.
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.
Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.
Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.
It turns out that strong typing does not eliminate the need for careful testing. And I have found in my work that the sorts of errors that strong type checking finds are no the errors I worry about.
I give permission for IBM, its customers, partners, and minions, to use JSLint for evil.
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.
