Ben Benesh

Appcelerator: Working with JSON

Ben — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:58:22 +0000

While working with Appcelerator and viewing examples by others, I’ve noticed that many people seem to find the need to use an Eval() statement when parsing their remote JSON data. It works, but it can be done without using the Eval() function just to parse the JSON string data. Below is a very basic example showing the use of the parse function built into Titanium.

var loader = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient();
loader.setTimeout(99000);
loader.open("GET","http://someplace.tld/json");

loader.onload = function(){
	data = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
	alert(data);
};

loader.onerror = function(){
  Titanium.UI.createAlertDialog({
  	message:"An error has occured.\nPlease try again.",
  	title:'Connection Error'
  }).show();
};

loader.send();

I’m Still Here

Ben — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:18 +0000

Wow, it’s been a while since I have updated this site. I recently switched to a new theme for more of a fresh look.

A lot has happened in the past few months. I graduated from college in January, and started working as a web/mobile developer with Stellar Blue Web Design. I have really been neglecting my own site, and plan on updating this page a lot more often with various new posts.

Server Move

Ben — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:32:09 +0000

I recently moved to a new server. If you are seeing this message, then you are viewing the site on the new server. Please let me know if you find anything that isn’t working.

Coming Soon

Ben — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:28:12 +0000

New Look

Soon I will be implementing a whole new look for this site. I’ve had this theme for a few years now, and with time there comes change.

Android

public void R()
{
     String hello = "Hello, Android";
     System.out.println(hello);
}

I plan on updating this site more often with posts about Android development since I plan on launching another site for my Android software. Details on that will be released later.

Fall Already?

Ben — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:20:18 +0000

Where did the summer go. The weather here seriously went from nice and warm to cold, windy, and rainy for the past week. I really am not looking forward to winter either.

On another note, Krista and I got a new Kitten named Java. Here he is browsing Reddit.com He was named partially after the Java programming language, and because of his colors. As of right now, he is 3 months old and just keeps on growing. When we first brought him home, Snickers was not a fan of him and would hiss and growl at him for at least a week. Things are the opposite now. They are pretty much best friends and play, sleep, and groom each other. A nice thing about another cat it that we hope Snickers, who has become quite the fat kitty, will get into better shape. Another nice thing is that we no longer get awoken in the morning by a meowing cat who wants attention.

School and Snickers

Ben — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:48:42 +0000

I only have one more week of class for this year and I can’t wait. Right now I have lots of studying, but it will be worth it. Right now I am in the process of trying to find another job for the summer so that I can afford to pay rent and such for the summer and next year.

On another note, Krista is working on building a nightstand out of cardboard for one of her classes. Snickers, our cat, decided that she wanted to see if she could fit where the drawer goes. She did, and she even posed for the camera.

edit: In order to conserve bandwidth, I removed the original picture. It can still be viewed in the gallery though.

RGB 7-Segment Display

Ben — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:27:20 +0000

I thought this was pretty interesting. I’ve been working with 7-segment displays in class and I found someone who decided to make his own, but by using RGB LED’s. I think you could do some pretty cool stuff since you aren’t then stuck with one color for your display. Head on over and check out his post.

Server Move

Ben — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:15:10 +0000

I just got done moving the site to a new server. Everything seems to be running fine as far as I can see. If you encounter any errors, please contact me using the link on the right and let me know.

Thanks,
Ben

PS. I didn’t feel like this from moving it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs

Back to Class

Ben — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:36:27 +0000

So after a month and a half interim, I am now back in class. It’s probably going to take a bit to get back into the swing of things since it involves waking up at 6 AM and I haven’t been up earlier than 8 AM in a while. This semester I have three courses towards my major, and it feels good to finally be so close to working on it.

Two Weeks!

Ben — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:30:28 +0000

So I only have two weeks left of this semester. It really seems to have just flew right by. The workload towards the end is more than I have had in a while though, which is quite disappointing. I can’t wait for it to be over though since I don’t have to go back until February 2.

Work has been crazy too. It is now holiday shopping time and sales are finally starting to pick up. I will not be driving back to Marinette anymore every two weeks since I don’t want to have to deal with snowy roads, and I get more hours now at The Shack.