JSON Basics: What You Need to Know

Learn the basics of JSON

What is JSON, and what can it do? In this tutorial you learn how to use JSON to easily move data around the web. You also look at how to work with JSON using both JavaScript and PHP. If you've developed websites or web apps at all, you've probably heard of JSON, at least in passing. But what exactly is JSON? What can it do, and how do you use it?

You'll look at the following topics:

  • What JSON does
  • The kinds of things JSON is used for
  • How to create JSON strings
  • A simple JSON example
  • How JSON compares to XML, and
  • How to work with JSON using both JavaScript and PHP.


Lubov Cholakova

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