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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Crockford has received more than 760,460 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Crockford is the 182nd most popular computer scientist, the 12,136th most popular biography from United States and the 100th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Douglas Crockford ranks 182 out of 201. Before him are Geir Ivarsøy, Kathleen Booth, Erich Gamma, Theo de Raadt, Phil Katz, and Bassel Khartabil. After him are Luis von Ahn, Sophie Wilson, Hans Reiser, Werner Koch, Chieko Asakawa, and Craig Federighi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Douglas Crockford ranks 523. Before him are Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Ulrika Knape, Stephen Robinson, Philippe Boisse, Fathi Kameel, and Joey Baron. After him are Jan Versleijen, Naomi Munakata, Steve Sumner, Steve Lillywhite, Ray Ozzie, and David Axelrod.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 12,136 out of 18,182. Before him are Ralph Northam (1959), Eleanor Holm (1913), Joey Baron (1955), Redman (1970), JoAnna Garcia (1979), and Craig Wasson (1954). After him are Peter Navarro (1949), Jennifer Lynch (1968), Rya Kihlstedt (1970), Andrew Wilson (1964), Tim Thomerson (1946), and Clarence DeMar (1888).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Douglas Crockford ranks 100. Before him are Peter Shor (1959), Paul Buchheit (1977), Ralph Merkle (1952), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Jon Hall (1950), and Phil Katz (1962). After him are Hans Reiser (1963), Craig Federighi (1969), Shawn Fanning (1980), John Ousterhout (1954), Brian Acton (1972), and Nancy Lynch (1948).

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