Firefly Cards Game with JSON
Prerequisites
Lecture – jQuery Card Game – Serenity – Part 1 of this series
Lecture – Javascript – JSON – What is JSON
Summary
Removes the hard coded object data from the jQuery to an external file and then retrieves this file.
Video
Reference Materials
http://jsfiddle.net/reaglin/odnqk9vv/ – JSFiddle of Code
http://api.jquery.com/jquery.getjson/ – Documentation for JSON
http://jsonlint.com/ – JSONLint validator for JSON
Additional Information
Firefly.json
{ "cards" : [{ "number":"1", "name": "Mal" },{ "number":"2", "name": "Zoe" },{ "number":"3", "name":"Kaylee" },{ "number": "4", "name": "Book" },{ "number": "5", "name": "Simon" },{ "number": "6", "name": "River" },{ "number": "7", "name":"Jayne" },{ "number": "8", "name": "Inara" },{ "number": "9", "name": "Wash"}] } |