Comments on: JSON as a General Purpose Alternative? http://www.subbu.org/blog/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative HTTP, REST and some Cycling Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: subbu.org http://www.subbu.org/blog/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative/comment-page-1#comment-143 subbu.org Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:42:53 +0000 http://wp.subbu.org/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative/#comment-143 <strong>JSON Wars Continue</strong> JSON vs XML wars are still going on, and they are becoming more amusing, I must say. The latest is from Sean McGrath arguing about the significance of mixed content in XML.... JSON Wars Continue

JSON vs XML wars are still going on, and they are becoming more amusing, I must say. The latest is from Sean McGrath arguing about the significance of mixed content in XML….

]]> By: Subbu Allamaraju http://www.subbu.org/blog/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative/comment-page-1#comment-142 Subbu Allamaraju Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:17:27 +0000 http://wp.subbu.org/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative/#comment-142 Zach - the key point is that, outside Javascript/browser world, passing structs as JSON data does not make much sense. Zach – the key point is that, outside Javascript/browser world, passing structs as JSON data does not make much sense.

]]> By: Zach Smith http://www.subbu.org/blog/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative/comment-page-1#comment-141 Zach Smith Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:49:07 +0000 http://wp.subbu.org/2007/01/json-as-a-general-purpose-alternative/#comment-141 I think the major thing that people are missing with JSON vs XML is that there are many, many libraries that do encoding and decoding. The thing I personally love about JSON is that i can pass around data structures... without caring how they are represented!! One encode call on the server, a decode call on the client and then I'm back to directly accessing the data. IMHO, that is the true advantage of JSON. The other things like it being lightweight, javascript friendly, etc are just side benefits I think the major thing that people are missing with JSON vs XML is that there are many, many libraries that do encoding and decoding. The thing I personally love about JSON is that i can pass around data structures… without caring how they are represented!! One encode call on the server, a decode call on the client and then I’m back to directly accessing the data. IMHO, that is the true advantage of JSON. The other things like it being lightweight, javascript friendly, etc are just side benefits

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