How does JSON compare to XML in terms of file size and serialisation/deserialisation time?

Question

I have an application that performs a little slow over the internet due to bandwidth reasons. I have enabled GZip which has improved download time by a significant amout, bu

Answer 1

Yes JSON would be about 30% faster there are fewer characters going over the line and its very quick to parse.

Ypu could also take a look at "YAML" which sends an absolute mininmum of metadata in the message.