Why We Should Stop Using JavaScript According to Douglas Crockford (Inventor of JSON)

“JavaScript is a smelly language“! Hey, don’t hate the messenger, it’s Douglas Crockford, the cheeky creator of JSON and (former?) JavaScript evangelist who says so! Even though Douglas has spent decades working on JavaScript, he now believes it’s high time we all stopped using it. Do you want to know why? Watch this video and let us know what you think in the comments below. Check out the home for untold developer stories around open source, careers and all the other cool stuff developers are doing at . Honeypot is a developer-focused job platform, on a mission to get developers great jobs. Wanna see what we're all about? Visit to find a job you love. To learn more about Honeypot: Follow Douglas: Website and blog: Github: Follow us: Twitter: Facebook: LinkedIn: Instagram: