What is JSON?

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javascript object string basically
{ “name”: “Nicole”, “birthdate”: “unsure”, “age”: 30}
• Data format/Way to model data exchange when passing between two systems
• Way to use human-readable text (usually via the web) to represent that data
• Does not need to learn how a database is structure – ex: read a text file that said "{ users: [ { name: 'nicole', email: '[email protected]' } ] }
• Closer to the pure meaning of the information which lowers the cognitive overhead for people reading it and working with it
• Primarily useful in web browser – used as sort of plumbing tool for building web applications that connect multiple systems, databases, and browsers
• Browsers can read/write JSON easily – Compare: https://www.hivehome.com/hive-active-heating TO https://www.hivehome.com/hive-active-heating.json
• Also ref: http://json.org/