JSON Essentials: Simplifying Data Transmission
JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It's a lightweight data-interchange format that's easy for humans to read and write, and easy for machines to parse and generate. It's often used to transmit data between a server and a web application as text.
Here's a simple example of JSON:
{
{
"name": "John Doe",
"age": 30,
"isStudent": false,
"courses": [
"Mathematics",
"Physics",
"Computer Science"
],
"address": {
"street": "1234 Elm St",
"city": "Springfield",
"state": "IL"
}
}
In this example:
name: a string representing the person's name.
age: a number representing the person's age.
isStudent: a boolean indicating whether the person is a student or not.
courses: an array of strings representing the courses the person is taking.
address: an object containing nested properties for the street, city, and state of the person's address.