The JavaScript JSON Cookbook

Published on 01 July 2015 Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

In February this year, I was contacted by the team at PACKT Publishing about being a technical reviewer for a book that was underway. In exchange, I would get a free copy and be listed as one of the reviewers.

I’ve toyed with the idea of writing a book for ages, so this felt like a great opportunity to see what happens behind the scenes without committing to writing one myself. I said yes to them—and today, that book got published! You can get it at: http://bit.ly/json_cookbook (I’m really excited about this).

The book itself is a very interesting mix of content, from the basics of JSON to an introduction to MongoDB and storing data in it. The description—“Quick answers to common problems”—really hits the nail on the head. What I think is especially awesome is how it covers a lot of languages and tools: .NET, Java, Node.js, Android, Objective-C, and more. The examples are great because they work across multiple operating systems, so you can quickly try them out.

I don’t think it’s a book you’d read from cover to cover. Instead, it’s meant to guide you where to start with JSON-related problems.

The reviewing experience itself was interesting—each chapter took a few hours of reading, trying out the code, and responding with details of issues I found. The team at PACKT made the process really pleasant. I never heard from the author or other reviewers, which, in hindsight, is a bit odd—but I think it helped keep my responses focused and unbiased.

If you pick it up, let me know what you think!

Note: I’ve only seen the content I reviewed—I haven’t seen the final book, which may have changed.