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Douglas Crockford

1955 - Today

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Douglas Crockford is an American computer programmer who is involved in the development of the JavaScript language. He specified the data format JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), and has developed various JavaScript related tools such as the static code analyzer JSLint and minifier JSMin. He wrote the book JavaScript: The Good Parts, published in 2008, followed by How JavaScript Works in 2018. He was a senior JavaScript architect at PayPal until 2019, and is also a writer and speaker on JavaScript, JSON, and related web technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Crockford is the 220th most popular computer scientist (down from 191st in 2019), the 15,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,979th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Douglas Crockford ranks 220 out of 245Before him are Martin Odersky, Alexandra Elbakyan, Phil Katz, Bram Cohen, Eric Allman, and Nancy Lynch. After him are Steve Wilhite, Werner Koch, Gottfrid Svartholm, John Ousterhout, Tron, and Daniel Domscheit-Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Douglas Crockford ranks 680Before him are Evans Paul, Richard Burr, René Valenzuela, Eric Allman, Polly Draper, and Dietmar Schauerhammer. After him are Sheldon Whitehouse, José Pilar Reyes, Kenth Eldebrink, Mark Howe, Hiroshi Hayano, and Adam Curtis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 15,017 out of 20,380Before him are Gertrude Berg (1899), Kevin Rahm (1971), Jerry Moran (1954), Chelsi Smith (1973), Neil Shubin (1960), and Willie Banks (1956). After him are Ramon Estevez (1963), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), Al Jean (1961), George W. Norris (1861), Kara Walker (1969), and Edith Windsor (1929).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 116Before him are Craig Federighi (1969), Hans Reiser (1963), Phil Katz (1962), Bram Cohen (1975), Eric Allman (1955), and Nancy Lynch (1948). After him are Steve Wilhite (1948), John Ousterhout (1954), Shawn Fanning (1980), Theodore Ts'o (1968), Rosalind Picard (1962), and John Resig (1984).