JSON Tutorial

What is JSON? Advantages of JSON

What is JSON?

JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application. JSON is structured data, and we can parsed by many programming language like java, c#, php etc.

Advantage of JSON

JSON is a lightweight data-interchange format.
JSON is “self-describing” and easy to understand.
JSON is language independent.
JSON is an open standard data-interchange format.
JSON is easy to read and write.

JSON Syntax

{
    "name": "candidjava",
    "company": "ebullitent"
}