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Intro to XML and JSON #6: JSON

Katie on April 26, 2019

We’ve seen JSON from a “30,000-foot view.” We understand what kind of data JSON can help us with. Let’s learn how to write JSON! (And let’s ...
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Helen Anderson

Great post! I love the octopus example that makes it easier to explain to beginners. Thanks Katie :)

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Tobias Nickel

after reading this and building the fastest xml parser in Javascript, I would still always recommend people to use JSON.

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Katie

Congratulations on the project, though! :)

I like well-alphabetized/ordered XML or YAML for legibility-at-a-glance of certain types of massive config files, I'll admit.