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What is XML?

XML is a markup language which is using to keep and transfer datas. Stands for eXtensible Markup Language Very basic unit of XML is known as element XML is case sensitive language. It means when you try to specify the element must be careful about element names. File extention of XML files is .xml. In XML you can create custom named elements and you can organize them according to your requires. XML is using for transferring data over the internet.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<aircraft>
  <brand>Airbus</brand>
  <model>A330</model>
  <owner>Burak Airlines</owner>
</aircraft>
<aircraft>
  <brand>Boeing</brand>
  <model>B777</model>
  <owner>Burak Airlines</owner>
</aircraft>

What is JSON?

The word JSON is standing for JavaScript Object Notation. It is fast way to keep and transfer data. JSON generally using for transferring data between client side and server side of an application. JSON is working with key-value pairs and easy to understand language.

JSON has data, array and object. Below I will show examples about these terms:

JSON Data:

"firstname":"Burak Hamdi"

JSON Object example is:

{
     "firstname":"Burak Hamdi",
     "surname":"TUFAN", 
     "website":"thecodeprogram.com" 
}

JSON Array Example is:

"aircrafts":[
    {"brand":"Airbus", "model":"A320"},
    {"brand":"Airbus", "model":"A330"},
    {"brand":"Boeing", "model":"B737"},
    {"brand":"Boeing", "model":"B777"},
]

Now we know What JSON and XML. It is time to compare them.

Advantages of using JSON

• All browsers support JSON
• Reading and writingis easy.
• Readible Syntax
• Javascript and Java parse it Nativelly
• It is using in many Java Script based Frameworks
• You can save it to the databse as text and after reading from database ypou can convert to JSON data.

Advantages of using XML

• Transforming datas are easy.
• You can seperate the data from HTML in XML.
• It has customizable elements.

That is all in this article.

Have a good data transferring.

Burak Hamdi TUFAN