These text-file formats can all be used to store structured data for embedded and Web applications—but there are differences among them. What are JSON, XML, and YAML? Text-file formats that can ...

JSON is the leading data interchange format for web applications and more. Here’s what you need to know about JavaScript Object Notation.

Why XML and JSON? Before XML arrived, I wrote software to import data stored in an undocumented binary format. I used a debugger to identify data field types, file offsets, and lengths.

You're supposed to be either on the XML side or the JSON side of the debate. But I keep reading XML while writing JSON. Am I a bad person?

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