Yahoo! Web Services Using JSON
by Douglas Crockford (Yahoo!)
June 14, 2006 from 6 - 9:30 p.m.
6 p.m. - Reception; 7 p.m. - Presentation
JSON is rendering the “X” in AJAX superfluous. JSON or JavaScript Object Notation is a universal data format. It provides an uncommonly effective bridge for moving data between systems and between languages. JSON is also really simple. In fact, many of the Yahoo! Web Services provide JSON as an alternate output format to XML.
In this talk, Doug Crockford will fully explain the entire JSON language and Yahoo’s use of it for its web services.
The presentation will cover the following:
- What is JSON and what is its reason for being
- When to use JSON
- JSON versus XML
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Business Value
- Yahoo!’s use of JSON
There will also be a first look at a new JSON solution to the Cross Domain Problem.
Speaker
Douglas Crockford is an Evangelical Architect at Yahoo! Inc. He discovered JSON while he was CTO of State Software. Previously, Doug was Founder and CEO of Electric Communities, Director of New Media at Paramount, Director of Technology at Lucasfilm Ltd., and a Researcher at Atari, Inc.
Online registration for members $5 and non-members $15. On-site registration for members $10 and non-members $20.