What is JSON and why would I use it?

Question

I\'ve looked on wikipedia and Googled it and read the official documentation, but I still haven\'t got to the point where I really understand what JSON is, and why I\'d use

Answer 1

It's very simple. JSON stands for Java Script Object Notation. Think of it as an alternative to using XML for transferring data between software components.

For example, I recently wrote a bunch of web services that returned JSON, and some Javascript developers then wrote code which called the services and consumed the information returned in that format.