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JSON is the de-facto standard for data interchange in web applications

Richard Rabins
JSON is the de-facto standard for data interchange in web applications.
 
Xbasic has many functions that make working with JSON data really easy. Two of the particularly useful functions are
 
  • json_validate() - for validating JSON
  • json_reformat() for formatting JSON data so that it is easier to read.
 
 
 
Xbasic Validating and Reformatting JSON Data Xbasic has many functions that make working with JSON data easy. Two particularly useful functions are json_validate() and json_reformat(). These functions are described in this video.

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Date added: 2015-10-22
 

For more on JSON support in Alpha Anywhere, please go to https://www.alphasoftware.com/videos and search for JSON.

Scroll down  the page after you search to find the JSON category and you will see the following videos in the list .

 
 
Enterprise Mobility - Data Integration for Field Services Apps Alpha Anywhere makes it a snap to work with SQL and Web Services, it allows you to integrate data from multiple sources and includes tools for working with JSON and XML data.02:34
Populate Tree Control Using Javascript Populate a Tree Control using javascript04:42
Template Tester Tutorial The client-side template engine in the UX Component is very powerful, but to be able to take full advantage of its power, it is necessary to understand the syntax used in client-side templates.In this video we demonstrate how to use the Template Tester. The demonstration includes a walkthrough of examples built into the Template Tester and provides an extensive overview of Client-side Template syntax.35:51
Client Side Templates Tutorial Client-side templating allows you to generate HTML for display by merging a data object into a template. The client-side template library in Alpha Anywhere is extremely powerful and can be compared with similar functionality in 3rd party templating libraries, such as Mustache.js and Handlebars.js.In this video we show how a complex template can be designed to display data (a list of Orders with OrderItems for each order) in a richly formatted display. The video shows how the templating system can compute values, including summary values.38:00
How to Display Custom Information on the Calendar - Formatting Data in JSON Format In this video, we go into detail about how to use the Calendar control's onItemDraw and onMonthNavigate events, and how to make the Ajax callbacks to get the data from the database in the required JSON format.This video covers understanding the Xbasic to get the orders for a given month in the required JSON format.04:36
Populating Menus Using a JSON String or an Xbasic Function The choices in the menu can be specified by a JSON string that defines the menu, or by executing an Xbasic
 
 
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Richard Rabins
Richard Rabins

Co-founder of Alpha Software, Richard Rabins focuses on strategy, sales, and marketing. Richard also served as CEO of SoftQuad International from 1997 to 2001, when it owned Alpha. In addition to his 30 years with the company, Richard played a key role as co-founder, and served as president and chairman of the Massachusetts Software Council (now the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council), the largest technology trade organization in Massachusetts. Prior to founding Alpha, Richard was a project leader and consultant with Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), and a management consultant with Management Decision Systems, Inc. Richard holds a master's degree in system dynamics from the Sloan School at MIT, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and master's degree in control engineering from University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has served on the boards of Silent Systems, Legacy Technology and O3B Networks, and is co-founder of Tubifi www.tubifi.com.

The Alpha platform is the only unified mobile and web app development and deployment environment with distinct “no-code” and “low-code” components. Using the Alpha TransForm no-code product, business users and developers can take full advantage of all the capabilities of the smartphone to turn any form into a mobile app in minutes, and power users can add advanced app functionality with Alpha TransForm's built-in programming language. IT developers can use the Alpha Anywhere low-code environment to develop complex web or mobile business apps from scratch, integrate data with existing systems of record and workflows (including data collected via Alpha TransForm), and add additional security or authentication requirements to protect corporate data.

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