Articles with the tag "json"

JSON APIs Are Just Web Applications

A common misconception is that a JSON API is vastly different from a web application that renders server-side HTML. In this article we explore how to convert an HTML-based web app into a JSON API in order to demonstrate how similar the two really are in a well designed app.

How to determine if a JSON key has been set to null or not provided

Learn to distinguish between when a JSON key is set to null or the key wasn't provided at all when dealing with JSON in Go.

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Jon Calhoun is a full stack web developer who also teaches about Go, web development, algorithms, and anything programming related. He also consults for other companies who have development needs. (If you need some development work done, get in touch!)

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