JavaScript is the only language that I’m aware of that people feel they don’t need to learn before they start using it.
The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.
It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.
People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.
A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments.
People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last...
Things don’t change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.
Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.
Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.
Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.
Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.
JavaScript is the world’s most misunderstood programming language.
Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people.
Obsolete comments are worse than no comments.
It turns out that strong typing does not eliminate the need for careful testing. And I have found in my work that the sorts of errors that strong type checking finds are no the errors I worry about.
Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don’t be afraid of innovation. Don’t be afraid of ideas that are not your own.
Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more.
JS will be a real functional language.
Features that offer value to a minority of users impose a cost on all users.
Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.