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What is JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and how can you put it to work? This concise guide helps busy IT professionals get up and running quickly with this popular data interchange format, and provides a deep understanding of how JSON works. Author Lindsay Bassett begins with an overview of JSON syntax, data types, formatting, and security concerns before exploring the many ways you can apply JSON today.

From Web APIs and server-side language libraries to NoSQL databases and client-side frameworks, JSON has emerged as a viable alternative to XML for exchanging data between different platforms. If you have some programming experience and understand HTML and JavaScript, this is your book.

Learn why JSON syntax represents data in name-value pairs
Explore JSON data types, including object, string, number, and array
Find out how you can combat common security concerns
Learn how the JSON schema verifies that data is formatted correctly
Examine the relationship between browsers, web APIs, and JSON
Understand how web servers can both request and create data
Discover how jQuery and other client-side frameworks use JSON
Learn why the CouchDB NoSQL database uses JSON to store data



Chapter 1What Is JSON?
JSON Is a Data Interchange Format
JSON Is Programming Language Independent
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 2JSON Syntax
JSON Is Based on JavaScript Object Literals
Name-Value Pairs
Proper JSON Syntax
Syntax Validation
JSON as a Document
The JSON MediaType
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 3JSON Data Types
Quick Look at Data Types
The JSON Data Types
The JSON Object Data Type
The JSON String Data Type
The JSON Number Data Type
The JSON Boolean Data Type
The JSON null Data Type
The JSON Array Data Type
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 4JSON Schema
Contracts with Validation Magic
Introduction to JSON Schema
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 5JSON Security Concerns
A Quick Look at Client- and Server-Side Relationships
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Injection Attacks
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 6The JavaScript XMLHttpRequest and Web APIs
Web APIs
The JavaScript XMLHttpRequest
Relationship Woes and Rules About Sharing
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 7JSON and Client-Side Frameworks
jQuery and JSON
AngularJS
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 8JSON and NoSQL
The CouchDB Database
The CouchDB API
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 9JSON on the Server Side
Serializing, Deserializing, and Requesting JSON
Key Terms and Concepts
Chapter 10Conclusion
JSON as a Configuration File
The Big Picture