intro-json.txt

// JSON : JavaScript Object Notation
// Implication: a JSON object is also a valid javascript object

// Example 1.
// Remember objects from the js class?
// var human = { name: 'Vera Michael', aka: 'V-money', gender: 'female' };
// representing that in JSON is the same thing, except that you need to lose the
// extra 'var human =' part.

// here's the human object in JSON
{
    "name": "Vera Michael",
    "aka": "V-money",
    "gender": "Female"
}

// unlike in js, there are no 'methods' in JSON, so the human here cannot talk()

// Example 2. Json Array
// This is an array of values
[ "Father", "Mother", 32, "Children", true, false ]

// No semicolon terminating each line in JSON

// This is an array of objects
[
    { "name": "Ife Dayo", "aka": "Ifedy", "gender": "Male" },
    { "name": "David Omotosho", "aka": "Dylectus", "gender": "Male" },
    { "name": "Bola Ajayi", "aka": "Bee", "gender": "Female" }
]

// the last array above contains three (human) objects, each of which have their
// defining properties.