JavaScript FTW

Author:: Sándor Szigeti

Published:: Monday, January 12, 2015

Even though JavaScript is the world’s most misunderstood programming language, I have always liked it, because its best parts make it very powerful and expressive. Sure, it can be misused but it’s the fault of the ignorant programmer, as the smart software craftsman knows their tools of the trade well.

In a video Douglas Crockford – one of the smartest mentors – explains why with ECMAScript 6, some of the new features will make it unnecessary to use obsolete, even dangerous parts of the language anymore.