CS111: Input/Output - JSON Parsing
Parsing configuration objects and API responses
Input/Output: JSON Parsing
Objective
Students must parse JSON data from configuration files and API responses.
Evidence
JSON parsing in game components:
- GameLevelOutside.js - JSON structure for NPC Q&A data
- Configuration files - Parsing level and game settings
- API responses - Parsing leaderboard and NPC data
Implementation Details
- JSON.parse() for string-to-object conversion
- JSON.stringify() for object-to-string conversion
- Handling nested JSON structures
- Destructuring for extracting JSON properties
- Error handling for malformed JSON
Key Concepts
- JSON format (key-value pairs, arrays, nested objects)
- JSON.parse() and JSON.stringify()
- Destructuring assignment
- Deeply nested object access
- Validation and error handling