Using the exercise files

If you're a premium member of the lynda.com online training library, or if you're watching this tutorial on a DVD-ROM, you have access to the exercise files used throughout this title. In the Exercise Files folder, you'll find folders for each video in the series. Inside those folders, you should see a folder containing the files for the current project. You may also see a working folder and a finish folder. The working folder has a version of the project when I begin the movie, and the finish folder has version of the project at the end of the movie.

I'll usually start by copying these files onto my desktop, then opening them up on a text editor. Because of the nature of JSON and AJAX, occasionally, we'll be working off of files from a server. I'm using a program like Transmit, an FTP application, to copy these files onto a live server. If you're a Monthly member or an annual Member of lynda.com, you don't have access to the exercise files, but you can follow along from scratch with your own assets. Let's get busy with JavaScript and JSON.