JSON
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JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a way of expressing information.[1] JSON is usually easy to understand. It can express information like XML can. It is based on JavaScript's notation for object literals.[2] However, JSON is stricter.[2]
JSON and XML are both often used in AJAX.[3] Even though JSON is named after JavaScript, it can be used in other programming languages, such as Python.[4]
Example [change]
This is an example of JSON:
{ "firstName": "John", "lastName" : "Smith", "age" : 25, "address" : { "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street", "city" : "New York", "state" : "NY", "postalCode" : "10021" }, "phoneNumber": [ { "type" : "home", "number": "212 555-1234" }, { "type" : "fax", "number": "646 555-4567" } ] }
References [change]
- ↑ "RFC 4627". Datatracker.ietf.org. 2011-10-26. http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4627/?include_text=1. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "JSON". JSON. http://www.json.org/. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ "JSON Beats XML, or Ajaj vs Ajax". Ajaxonomy. 2010-12-07. http://ajaxonomy.com/2010/xml/json-beats-xml-or-ajaj-vs-ajax. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ "18.2. json — JSON encoder and decoder — Python v2.7.2 documentation". Docs.python.org. http://docs.python.org/library/json.html. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
