Beginning JSON is the definitive guide to JSON - JavaScript Object Notation - today’s standard in data formatting for the web. The book starts with the basics, and walks you through all aspects of using the JSON format. Beginning JSON covers all areas of JSON from the basics of data formats to creating your own server to store and retrieve persistent data. Beginning JSON provides you with the skill set required for reading and writing properly validated JSON data.

The first two brief chapters of the book contain the foundations of JavaScript as it relates to JSON, and provide the necessary understandings for later chapters. Chapters 3 through 12 reveal what data is, how to convert that data into a transmittable/storable format, how to use AJAX to send and receive JSON, and, lastly, how to reassemble that data back into a proper JavaScript object to be used by your program. The final chapters put everything you learned into practice.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: JavaScript Basics

Chapter 2: Special Objects

Chapter 3: String Manipulation

Chapter 4: Introducing JSON

Chapter 5: Creating JSON

Chapter 6: Parsing JSON

Chapter 7: Persisting JSON: I

Chapter 8: Data Interchange

Chapter 9: X-Origin Resources

Chapter 10: Serving JSON

Chapter 11: Posting JSON

Chapter 12: Persisting JSON: II

Chapter 13: Working with Templates

Chapter 14: Putting It All Together

About the Authors

Ben Smith is an accomplished technical experience director with many years of experience leading web development for well-known digital agencies. His list of contributions to the community has earned him a place as an Adobe Community Professional. It should be apparent from his background as an author, speaker, and a judge for the Favourite Website Awards (FWA) that he is passionate about the Web. He attributes his growth to experimentation and experience.

Victor Sumner is a senior software engineer at D2L Corporation, where he helps to build and maintain an integrated learning platform. As a self-taught developer, he is always interested in emerging technologies and enjoys working on and solving problems that are outside his comfort zone. When not at the office, Victor has a number of hobbies, including photography, horseback riding, and gaming. He lives in Ontario, Canada, with his wife, Alicia, and their two children.