JSON for Beginners in Plain English

JSON is used for data transfer between client and server by software applications.

History

• Before JSON was introduced XML(Extensible Markup Language) was the only preferred way to transfer data between client and server.
• Later in early 2000, JSON got birth and replaced XML as a data format

What is JSON?

• JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation
• JSON is lightweight, while being human- and machine-readable.
• The collection of data contains a key-value pair where the key must be a string, and the value can be any of the following: Image: json.org

Important rules to keep in mind:

• In JSON key values must be enclosed by double quotes
• Key and the value must be separated by a colon :
• Each pair must be separated by comma ,

Here's how JSON looks like

{
    "name": "SnowBit",
    "favouriteLang": "JS"
}

That's it for now

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