Serializing and Parsing JSON

In this lesson, we'll get into the details of serializing and parsing JSONs. Let's begin!

When transferring data from one component to another in a distributed system, JSON is a perfect format and fits JavaScript as well.


The fifth edition of the ECMAScript specification formalized the serialization (converting an object to a string) and parsing of JSON into a native global object, not surprisingly named JSON.


This object is very simple for it has only two methods, stringify() and parse(). ...