Beginning JSON

353 Pages·2015·7.44 MB·English

by  Ben Smith

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Beginning JSON
Ben Smith
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Beginning JSON
Copyright © 2015 by Ben Smith
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To my wife, for her patience with the late evenings and stay-at-home
weekends, as well as for her constant encouragement
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Contents at a Glance
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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
Index
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Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: JavaScript Basics
JavaScript History
JavaScript Essentials
Values
Primitive Types
Expressions
Operators
Statements
Line Terminators
Control Statements
Block Statements
Truthy/Falsy
Loop Statements
Declarations
Variables
Functions
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 2: Special Objects
Objects
Objects Are Collections
Built-in Objects
Object
Creating Objects
Access Notation
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Array
Object Literals
Designing Literals
The Object Literal
The Array Literal
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 3: String Manipulation
String Concatenation
The String object
Creating String objects
The Interface of the String object
length
toString
charAt
indexOf
lastIndexOf
match
replace
slice
substr
split
toUpperCase
toLowerCase
The Implicit String object
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 4: Introducing JSON
History
JSON Grammar
Composite Structures
JSON Values
JSON Tokens
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Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 5: Creating JSON
The Serialization Process—Demystified
The JSON Object
stringify
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 6: Parsing JSON
JSON.parse
eval
reviver
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 7: Persisting JSON: I
HTTP Cookie
Syntax
document.cookie
Web Storage
Web Storage Interface
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 8: Data Interchange
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP-Request
HTTP Response
Ajax
XMLHttpRequest Interface
Global Aspects
The Request Aspect
The Response Aspect
Obtaining the Response
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Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 9: X-Origin Resources
Same-Origin Policy
Circumventing Same-Origin Policy
CORS
The Proxy
JSONP
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 10: Serving JSON
Node.JS
Windows Installation
Mac Installation
Building an HTTP Server
Node HTTP Web Server
Node API
Modules
The HTTP Module
http.createServer
http.IncomingMessage
http.ServerResponse
http.Server
CORS-Enabled Server
JSONP Server
The Proxy Server
http.request
http.Stream
http.ClientRequest
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 11: Posting JSON
Request Entity Body
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HTML Form POST
Processing a JSON POST
Preflight Request
OPTIONS Request Method
What Determines Preflight
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 12: Persisting JSON: II
CouchDB
Windows Installation
Mac Installation
Working with CouchDB
Futon
Creating Views
Creating Our First Custom View
Connecting Node and CouchDB
Cradle for Node
Working with Databases
Cradle Database API
Creating Documents via Cradle
Creating Design Documents via Cradle
Summary
Key Points from This Chapter
Chapter 13: Working with Templates
Templating Engine
Handlebars
Installation
Working with Handlebars
A Basic Expression
The Role of <script>
Compiling a Template
Giving Context to Our Template
Multiple Placeholders
Complex JSON Structures
Block Expressions
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