I'm will continue to demand well formed XML from the services I consume, and all of the clients that consume the content I produce better be happy with the flaky JSON strings that I deliver to them. I ...

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is used with JavaScript, of course. It will be familiar to Web developers that use it for client/server communication. YAML stands for YAML Ain’t Markup Language.

For one thing, "native support" doesn't the mean same thing as introducing a new native JSON type, as was done for XML. As a refresher, JSON -- standing for JavaScript Object Notation -- uses text ...

There are many things to like about JavaScript Object Notation ( JSON ) as a "a lightweight data-interchange format." In particular, JSON is often compared favorably against XML because of the ...

In my last article, I discussed how Web services can play a critical role in AJAX applications and the role that JSON plays in the message exchange process. In a nutshell, Web services provide a way ...

The resource shift is moving toward RESTful services built using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and related technologies.

XML and JSON are important to me, and I’m grateful to Apress for letting me write an entire book about them. In this article I will briefly introduce the second edition of my new book, Java XML and ...