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The string 'JSON Web Token' doesn't appear anywhere on the web page. If you're going to use an acronym expand it out the first time you use it.
by 0x445442 7y ago
The string 'JSON Web Token' doesn't appear anywhere on the web page. If you're going to use an acronym expand it out the first time you use it.
- icebraining 7y agoLike JSON? I think for some acronyms, JSON and JWT included, those are their "proper" names, with the expanded name being just a curious historical note.
- TOGoS 7y agoThen at least link the first instance to the Wikipedia page or something. After reading the first couple of paragraphs I had no idea what this article was about.
- cjf4 7y agoI agree for JSON, not JWT.
- Sharlin 7y agoI had never heard of JWT and I definitely know what JSON is. I don’t think they’re anywhere near each other in ubiquity.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoI'd say it's good writing to link to the wiki entry for a less common concept like JWT in the first paragraph, right next to where they first mention it. It's definitely not ubiquitous like JSON, SQL, or FBI.
- icebraining 7y agoRight, linking to the wiki makes sense. I just don't think expanding the name gives you anything.
- onionisafruit 7y agoI expected this to be about Java Web Toolkit until I saw it was implemented in many languages.
- tshannon 7y agoIt was obviously about the James Webb Telescope.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoFWIW I've only seen that abbreviated as JWST
- abhgh 7y agoThats what I thought too.
- user5994461 7y agoFair point. I added it at the beginning. JWT will be as ubiquitous as JSON eventually but it's not quite there yet.