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Story: JSON vs XML

Today's guest is Douglas Crockford. He's sharing the story of JSON, his discovery of JavaScript's good parts, and his approach to finding a simple way to build software. Also, his battles against XML, against complexity, his battles to say that there's a better way to build software.   

This is foundational stuff for the web, and Doug is an iconoclast

 

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