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Why We Should Stop Using JavaScript According to Douglas Crockford (Inventor of JSON)

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A short video built around Douglas Crockford, creator of JSON, saying JavaScript is a flawed language and that developers should eventually move on from it. It is a brief commentary clip with little technical detail.

HN users cite it to show that even Crockford, once a JavaScript evangelist, has soured on the language, though some find it thin on substance.

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@rebelidealist2023 · in “RedwoodJS: The App Framework for Startups”

Can't we move on from JS for the backend? It is a brittle and confusing langugage. Author of JS the good parts: [VIDEO]

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@throwat23412023 · in “VanJS: A 0.9KB JavaScript UI framework”

It's too late for me. I, like Douglas Crockford, am completely done with JavaScript [1]. HTMX, LiveView, WASM, Dart, ClojureScript, Kotlin, ScalaJS, Dioxus -- There are lots of options folks. We don't need to surrender to the tyranny of JavaScript. [1] [VIDEO]

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@thoasjdfwasd2024 · in “Prototypal Inheritance (2008)”

Lua has something similar called metatables [1]. I don't think crockford likes JS anymore [2] and seems to be hacking on C now [3]. [1]: [LINK] [2]: [VIDEO] [3]: [LINK]

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@jt21902024 · in “We Should Stop Using JavaScript According to Douglas Crockford (2023)”

Reddit thread on “Why We Should Stop Using JavaScript According to Douglas Crockford (Inventor of JSON)” (2023, video 2’15”) [VIDEO] He doesn’t really say much other than it could be better if we used “clean” operating systems and “clean” programming languages, whatever that means.

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@ChrisArchitect2024 · in “We Should Stop Using JavaScript According to Douglas Crockford (2023)”

Actual video (2023): [VIDEO] Instead of the reddit convo, some more discussions here: Last week: [LINK] Last year: [LINK] [LINK]

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