JSON for beginners
If you’ve ever been frustrated by complicated data formats or felt overwhelmed by all the squiggly brackets and angle brackets, then you’ll love JSON. Because JSON is simple to read and to understand.
It’s kind of like a cross between a treasure map and a shopping list — you know exactly where everything is and what it’s for, without having to sift through a bunch of unnecessary details. In this article I’ll explain what JSON is and why they are so important in web development. I’ll also go into detail about it’s drawbacks.
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For the uninitiated, JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It’s a lightweight data interchange format and it’s basically a way to store and transmit data in a way that’s easy for humans to read and computers to understand. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript programming language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition — December 1999. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data interchange…
