Douglas Crockford, Javascript authority and expert software engineer

Javascript — everyone knows it’s important but most people never learn it properly. Douglas Crockford is here to fix that.

Considered the JavaScript expert by many people in the development community, author Douglas Crockford identifies the abundance of good ideas that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language

That’s the Amazon description of his latest book: JavaScript: The Good Parts

Doug is a senior JavaScript Architect at Yahoo, the creator of the JSON format, a Javascript wizard and an expert software engineer. And we’re extremely proud to welcome him to CUSEC 2010.

Brush up on your JavaScript and get ready to hear a veteran of the industry muse on the quality of softwae

Bonus: If you find yourself looking for an entertaining read over the holiday break, check out his notorious essay The Expurgation of Maniac Mansion for the Nintendo Entertainment System: The Untold Story. Years ago, Doug worked for LucasArts in producing the NES game Maniac Mansion. The essay describes a censorship battle with Nintendo that has an eerie resemblance to all the issues with the iPhone App Store.