Making a New Friend: Virtual vs. JSON

Making a New Friend: Virtual vs. JSON
Heather McCue
Harmonic

We all have favorites. Trustworthy tools and techniques that have proven themselves time and again. From our most-used custom functions to the standards we’ve adopted, it can be difficult to let go of a good friend. Requirements and needs evolve, and so must we. This session shares the tale of how the reign of a long-trusted technique—the virtual list, which dutifully met all the original requirements—came to an end. It was bested by a new best friend after ultimately failing to meet the long-term needs. Enter JSON, stage right.

0:08 - Introduction
3:16 - Introducing My Good Friend: Virtual List the Magician
8:27 - Case Study - ISS State Billing & Virtual List
16:17 - Introducing My New Friend: JSON (a Superhero; evolving our mindset and toolset)
27:26 - Why Virtual List Failed - Letting Go of a Good Friend
30:42 - Replacing Virtual List with JSON - Re-architecting for a better long-term solution
40:28 - More JSON and Virtual List - Make new friends, but keep the old