Everyone,
For everyone who may be trying to explore the Bitcoin revolution, I wanted to share my VERY brief example that will hopefully get you started.
Keep in mind that you MUST edit the bitcoin.conf file set these lines:
# server=1 tells Bitcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
server=1
# You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
rpcuser=test
rpcpassword=password
Additionally, if you use the bitcoind.exe program, you must start it with these options:
bitco