JSON Basics

These are the golden days of JavaScript, which was warily used in the not too distant past because of the browser wars (still being waged). With enhancements to JavaScript in recent years and the advent of AJAX, interest in Javascript has taken a new turn, a turn for the better. Early on with AJAX it was recognized that there was a contender for XML for handling data which was stable, faster, and portable. This was the beginning of JSON. This article gives you a good explanation.

Krishnaswamy, Jayaram. DevShed (2007). Academic>Computing>Ajax>JavaScript

An Ajax Tutorial

AJAX is a name given to an existing approach to building dynamic web applications. Web pages use JavaScript to make asynchronous calls to web-based services that typically return XML.

Volkmann, Mark. WePapers. Resources>Computing>Academic>Ajax