Introduction to JSON and XML
Learn about the basics of JSON and XML.
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If you have experience in software engineering, you’ve likely come across JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Extensible Markup Language (XML). Both data formats have gained widespread adoption throughout various technologies, including markup languages like HTML, document-oriented databases such as MongoDB, and data exchange formats for APIs like JSON-JSON_EXTRACT
, to access JSON’s attributes. Before exploring these functions, however, we need to delve into the intricacies of these two data formats.
JSON
JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is one of the most popular data interchange formats in the modern software industry. As a lightweight, open-source, and human-readable file format, it is widely used for transmitting and exchanging data between servers and web services. The fact that JSON is derived from JavaScript ...