February 10, 2012
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Forget uploading resumes or filling out forms on some job board. Backend-as-a-service company Parse is inviting potential hires to apply via its Parse API. In what initially looks like an added barrier to entry, the company is hoping its cheeky and geeky move will attract the sort of developers who think in JSON.
(Full Story: Jobseekers Invited to Apply Via API to Parse)
December 7, 2011
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ql.io combines SQL, JSON, and a few procedural style constructs into a compact language. Scripts written in this language can make HTTP requests to retrieve data, perform joins between API responses, project responses, or even make requests in a loop. But note that ql.io’s scripting language is not SQL – it is SQL inspired.
(Full Story: ql.io – a SQL and JSON inspired DSL)
August 21, 2011
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Swagger is a specification and complete framework implementation for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services. The overarching goal of Swagger is to enable client and documentation systems to update at the same pace as the server. The documentation of methods, parameters and models are tightly integrated into the server code, allowing APIs to always stay in sync. With Swagger, deploying managing, and using powerful APIs has never been easier.
(Full Story: Swagger: A simple, open standard for describing REST APIs with JSON)
April 20, 2011
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Flexjson is a lightweight library for serializing and deserializing Java objects into and from JSON. What’s different about Flexjson is it’s control over what gets serialized allowing both deep and shallow copies of objects.
(Full Story: JSON Serialization with FlexJSON)
April 19, 2011
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It may be funny we’re using XML to describe a JSON API, the reality is that this description is more like a document than a struct :) Also we needed to keep retro compatibility with our existing server library. JSON specs are on the roadmap.
(Full Story: An open XM to describe and distribute JSON APIs)
March 11, 2011
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Efficient XML Interchange is a very compact version of XML. W3C says it has been found to improve up to 100-fold the performance, network efficiency and power consumption of applications that use XML.
(Full Story: New Super-Fast XML Standard announced by W3C)
February 23, 2011
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Jshon parses, reads and creates JSON. It is designed to be as usable as possible from within the shell and replaces fragile adhoc parsers made from grep/sed/awk
(Full Story: Jshon: shell json parser)
