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Introduction to JavaScript Object Notation

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Example 3.9/3.10

While the text claims that Example 3.9 will produce a parser error, that doesn't seem to be true. Also, one would expect that in Example 3.10, "\\t" and "\\n" aren't interpreted as tab and newline, as the backslash itself is escaped.

 Anonymous  Aug 15, 2015 
ePub Page Chapter 2
3rd paragraph

You meant to say bank account.

"I know I have five dollars less in my back account,"

 Robert Gray  Nov 29, 2023 
Printed Page 6
5th sentence

Change
true/false or 0/1
to
true/false or 1/0

 William Gandler  Jul 18, 2016 
Printed Page 55
Middle of page

Change
Two terms that you will often hear about when JSON is turned into text from an object and then from an object back into text are serialization and deserialization.
to
Two terms that you will often hear about when JSON into turned into text from an object and then from text back into an object are serialization and deserilization.

 William Gandler  Jul 18, 2016 
PDF Page 55
top

Book uses openweathermap.com for a few examples, but, since the book's publication, the site has started asking for api keys. It would be helpful to walk us through that.

 Anonymous  May 26, 2017