JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight data-representation and interchange format. It is a text-based and human-readable format that is easy to read, comprehend, and update. Many people think of JSON as a programming language or a markup language; however, it is neither. It is a pure representation of data in text format.
Prior to JSON, XML was the preferred data-exchange format and JSON has few similarities with it. Like XML, JSON is self-describing. It is quite easy to understand the intent of a JSON document by just reading through it. Also, like XML, it can create complex as well as nested objects. It is hierarchical, and objects can be composed of child objects and arrays. However, the similarities end here. JSON documents are terser and much more compact compared to XML documents. As a result, they are also much more reader-friendly. The...
