Chapter 7. Alternate Implementations of JSON

In the chapters until now, we have worked with JSON as an HTTP data interchange format; now let's look at the popular alternate methods in which JSON is being used. In the last few years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of software modules and packages across all programming and scripting languages. Crowdsourcing software development has been on an upward climb. Web-based hosting services such as SourceForge, Pastebin, and GitHub have gained popularity in the last few years, and they have opened up doors for developers to collaborate and contribute back to the community. These modules and packages can be independently integrated or can be used as dependent programs with an existing software framework. This behavior has been a common practice in the open source community where developers can work independently to contribute software packages that enhance the frameworks that they are working with.

Scripting languages such as PHP, Python...