JSON Crash Course

A talk I gave to my co-workers about JSON on March 3rd, 2015.

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1. JSON Crash Course LAURENCE VANDEYAR, SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER MARCH 3RD, 2015
2. What is JSON?  JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation  JSON is language independent *  JSON is a lightweight data-interchange format
3. JSON Syntax JavaScript object notation syntax:  Data is in name/value pairs  "firstName":“Laurence"  Data is separated by commas  “firstName":“Laurence", "lastName":“Vandeyar"  Curly braces hold objects  {"firstName":“Laurence", "lastName":“Vandeyar"}
4. JSON Syntax (cont.)  Square brackets hold arrays  [ {"firstName":“Laurence", "lastName":“Vandeyar"}, {"firstName":“Michael", "lastName":“Pereira"}, {"firstName":“Kenneth", "lastName":“Tamsberg"} ]  Complete JSON Object Array  {"employees":[ {"firstName":“Laurence", "lastName":“Vandeyar"}, {"firstName":“Michael", "lastName":“Pereira"}, {"firstName":“Kenneth", "lastName":“Tamsberg"} ]}
5. JSON Values JSON values can be:  A number (integer or floating point)  A string (in double quotes)  A Boolean (true or false)  An array (in square brackets)  An object (in curly braces)  null
6. Example
7. Links  http://json.org/  http://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/