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JavaScript

Posted by Tani Huang
Tani Huang
6,952 Points

what are (response) and employee stand for ? (JSON question)

[
 {
  "name": "Aimee",
  "inoffice": false
 },
 {
 "name": "Amit",
 "inoffice": false
 }
] 

var url = "../data/employees.json";//JSON data
$.getJSON (url,function(response) {//response is stand for ? response = JSON data?
  var statusHTML = "<ul class="bulleted">";
  $.each(response,function(index,employee){//index = number , employee stand for ?
    if (employee.inoffice === true) {
      statusHTML += "<li class="in">";
    } else {
      statusHTML += "<li class="out">";
    }
    statusHTML += employee.name + "</li>";
  });
  statusHTML += "</ul>";
  $("#employeeList").html(statusHTML);
});

Link of the video:
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/ajax-basics/jquery-and-ajax/the-office-status-project-revisited
Formula of jQuery
$.getJSON (url,callback);
$.each(array,function(index,value) { });

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

In this code, "response" is the name of the parameter which holds the incoming JSON data, which is an array of employee info.

Then "employee" is the parameter which holds an individual employee record, as separated out by the "each" function.

And every "employee" has two properties, "name" and "inoffice'.