Sisi Chan

Understanding JSON Format

JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a popular data format with diverse applicability in data management. It’s lightweight, easy-to-understand, and extremely versatile in its role as a data-interchange format.

Key aspects of JSON:

• JSON is widely used for transmitting data in web applications as their format looks like object data used in JavaScript.
• It’s a data exchange format that is human-readable and easy to write.
• Data interchange can be easily done using JSON as it is supported by many languages.

Noteworthy facts and figures:

• It was made popular by Douglas Crockford, a famous American programmer and author.
• Despite its name, JSON is a completely independent language, with programming language agnostic data structures.

Note: JSON, despite its compatibility with JavaScript and ease of use in web applications, is not limited to just these. Its use is ubiquitous in modern programming and extends far beyond simply transmitting database results to a web browser.