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diff --git a/json.html.markdown b/json.html.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6aff2ce2 --- /dev/null +++ b/json.html.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +--- +language: json +filename: learnjson.json +contributors: + - ["Anna Harren", "https://github.com/iirelu"] + - ["Marco Scannadinari", "https://github.com/marcoms"] +--- + +As JSON is an extremely simple data-interchange format, this is most likely going +to be the simplest Learn X in Y Minutes ever. + +JSON in its purest form has no actual comments, but most parsers will accept +C-style (`//`, `/* */`) comments. For the purposes of this, however, everything is +going to be 100% valid JSON. Luckily, it kind of speaks for itself. + +```json +{ + "key": "value", + + "keys": "must always be enclosed in double quotes", + "numbers": 0, + "strings": "Hellø, wørld. All unicode is allowed, along with \"escaping\".", + "has bools?": true, + "nothingness": null, + + "big number": 1.2e+100, + + "objects": { + "comment": "Most of your structure will come from objects.", + + "array": [0, 1, 2, 3, "Arrays can have anything in them.", 5], + + "another object": { + "comment": "These things can be nested, very useful." + } + }, + + "silliness": [ + { + "sources of potassium": ["bananas"] + }, + [ + [1, 0, 0, 0], + [0, 1, 0, 0], + [0, 0, 1, "neo"], + [0, 0, 0, 1] + ] + ], + + "alternative style": { + "comment": "check this out!" + , "comma position": "doesn't matter - as long as it's before the value, then it's valid" + , "another comment": "how nice" + }, + + "that was short": "And, you're done. You now know everything JSON has to offer." +} +``` |