CHAPTER 1

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JavaScript Basics

JavaScript is a scripting language that has been known to be a finicky beast. Many well-known developers have forged their names in the annals of the web-development community, having discovered special techniques and hidden gems to tame said beast. The topic of this book, JSON, is one such gem. You will learn more about that in Chapter 4.

JSON is simply a data-interchange format and, therefore, does not directly require immediate knowledge of the JavaScript language. However, this book does not only discuss the composition of JSON. It also discusses how to incorporate it within an application. For this reason, this ...

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