My views on a Tweet by JayTaph
@JayTaph tweeted "JSON is NOT a config language. It's for javascripters who cant be bothered writing decent data conversions and models.."
This supports that statement. You know, for fun and profit.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset='utf-8' />
<title>Is JSON a config language?</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Is JSON a config language?</h1>
<code>
(Javascripter = <span id="Javascripter">"Javascripter goes here"</span>)
=== "JSON is <span id="Config-Language"></span> config language"
</code>
<script>
var Javascripter = {
"Write" : {
"DataConversions" : false
, "Models" : false
}
};
function canBeBothered(Javascripter){
return Javascripter.DataConversions && Javascripter.Models;
}
document.getElementById('Javascripter').innerHTML = JSON.stringify(Javascripter);
document.getElementById('Config-Language').innerHTML = (canBeBothered(Javascripter)?' a ':' NOT a ') ;
</script>
</body>
</html>
You can see the result of this gist at on Blocks at http://bl.ocks.org/potherca/6922342