(JavaScript Object Notation) ****

Introduction to JSON

JSON is a text oriented data representation format which is mainly used for, Information exchange between web clients and web services/servers.

JSON was inspired by JavaScript syntax, but today it is widely used in many application beyond JavaScript.

XML vs JSON

Both XML and JSON are structed data representation formats. Shown below is a comparison of the same data represented using XML and JSON.

JSON Syntax

• Data – hierarchical structures
• Curly braces hold objects
  • Name and value separated by colon
  • Name-value pairs separated by comma
• Square brackets hold arrays
• Values separated by comma
• Whitespaces (space, tab, etc.) are around syntactic elements are ignored
• No syntax for comments

JSON Data Types

• Number