Searching Alternatives: JSON Objects
While researching search alternatives that didn’t involve building a weighty database, I talked to some developers and they suggested JSON objects as a potential alternative.
You can store all sorts of data in JSON and then call particular lines from the array. A kind of search, if you will. If you want to dive deeper, this can also be hooked up to a search engine. So I decided to give it a go!
Coding JSON Objects
Mozilla has some helpful, easy to follow tutorials on the subject:
Javascript Object Basics
Working with JSON
I followed both of the tutorials to create some super basic JSON objects, call back particular parts, and also use those to add the data to different blocks of content which could be displayed on a webpage.
All in all, surprisingly easy to follow along and something I might be able to draw on to create a working search prototype for my clues.