Handling JSON, XML, and CSV formats effectively is a fundamental skill in Python, particularly relevant in data-driven applications. Each format has its specificities and ideal use cases: JSON for ...

The second edition, recently published by Apress, offers new content, and (hopefully) answers more questions about XML, JSON, Java SE’s XML APIs, and various JSON APIs, including JSON-P.

JSON is often used to transmit data between a server and a web application, as an alternative to XML. JSON data is represented as a collection of key-value pairs, similar to an object in JavaScript.

XML was useful in its time, but it has been supplanted by faster, more flexible formats.

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?

Learn about JavaScript Object Notation and JSON objects and arrays, including how and why they're used. Also, find out how JSON compares to HTML and XML.