The difference between XML and JSON is that XML is a meta-language/markup language and JSON is a lightweight data-interchange. That is, XML syntax is designed specifically to have no inherent …

I recently heard about JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and after looking it up, it seems like it's becoming rather popular as an alternative to the Extensible Markup Language (XML). I went on t...

Feb 1, 2011 · JSON Pro: Simple syntax, which results in less "markup" overhead compared to XML. Easy to use with JavaScript as the markup is a subset of JS object literal notation and has the same …

Nov 28, 2008 · 82 I use JSON unless I'm required to use XML. It's simpler to understand, and (because it requires less configuration overhead) it's easier to program for reading and writing if the libraries …

Mar 1, 2013 · JSON is the best way to design any mobile application development, because parsing JSON is very light weight operation compare to XML. while XML parsing is always leads to complex …

Nov 30, 2011 · Receiving and sending data with JSON is done with simple HTTP requests. Whereas in SOAP, we need to take care of a lot of things. Parsing XML is also, sometimes, hard. Even …

Also, (as pointed out in the linked question), JSON is generally more lightweight simply in terms of bytes, making it more efficient to transmit. Most likely, you'll get much more of a performance benefit from …

JSON Serialization: 5258 ms, XML Serialization: 3266 ms JSON Deserialization: 9582 ms, XML Deserialization: 4604 ms So XML serializes and deserializes faster using the libraries I'm using (see …

Dec 25, 2012 · I would like to know the merits & de-merits of Google Protocol Buffers JSON XML I want to implement one common framework for two application, one in Perl and second in Java. So, …

Web services use XML very heavily. If your consumer is another Java program then definitely java serialization is preferred option (e.g. RMI). So its not out yet :-). But yes there is blurred line between …