Introduction to JSON

What is JSON

Json Stands JavaScript Object Notation.

JSON is a lightweight text-based open standard data-interchange format.

JSON files are saved with .json extension. Internet media type of JSON is "application/json".

JSON is derived from a subset of JavaScript programming language (Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition—December 1999).

It is entirely language independent and can be used with most of the modern programming

Similaries between XML & JSON

No end tag like XML

Shorter than XML

Quicker to read and write when compare to XML

Can be parsed using built-in JavaScript functions like eval() and parse()

Uses arrays – Efficient for handling huge data

No reserved words

Data Types in JSON

JSON supports following datatypes:

Number

String

Boolean

Array

Object

JSON Syntax

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