https://github.com/chadokruse/smashingapi-tut

Example code updates to the great tutorial by Ben Howdle: Beginner's Guide to jQuery-based JSON API Clients
https://github.com/chadokruse/smashingapi-tut

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Example code updates to the great tutorial by Ben Howdle: Beginner's Guide to jQuery-based JSON API Clients

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chadokruse/smashingapi-tut
• Owner: chadokruse
• Created: 2013-01-01T19:40:47.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-01-08T22:51:04.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T19:46:20.938Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 129 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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##Beginner's Welcome!##

This is a simple update of a great tutorial written by [Ben Howdle](http://benhowdle.im/).

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The original article, [Beginner's Guide to jQuery-based JSON API Clients](http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/02/09/beginners-guide-jquery-based-json-api-clients/) appeared in Smashing Magazine circa Feb 2012. Go read it now…it's awesome, particularly if you're new to APIs and learn by doing. 

The original demo: [http://10k.aneventapart.com/2/Uploads/550/](http://10k.aneventapart.com/2/Uploads/550/)

The tutorial accessed a third-party API which has since been updated, so use this code if you want to follow along with the API's [updated documentation](http://help.themoviedb.org/kb).

###Recommendations for beginners:

1. As you read the original tutorial, write (don't copy) each section of code by hand in your favorite text editor.

2. Once that's working (i.e. accessing v2.1 of the API), read the documentation on v3.0.

3. Try to get a working prototype running that accesses v3.0 of the API. There are two ways to do this: a) using the short-form getJSON call (see scripts.js); and b) the long-form AJAX call (see scripts-longform.js).

*All rights belong to Ben Howdle and Smashing Magazine.*

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PS - if you're new to Github and want to figure out what this pull request business is all about, feel free to send one over…there are a few clean-up items left in this update. The TODO list:

* ~~Use the short-form getJSON call instead of the long-form AJAX call.~~

* DRY it up. Use variables for the urls.

* Add back the Lobster font (I didn't bother with Typekit).