In this shot, we’ll learn about the difference between
Javascript Object Notation is commonly known as JSON. As the name suggests, it is the derivative of Javascript. JSON has its popularity level among the developers for its easy-to-read and understandable property. In addition, it also helps them to store and transfer from different data types, including the option of playing with arrays.
XML is an abbreviation for an extensible markup language. A case-sensitive, self-described, and type-less language is used to store and transmit the data.
The language holds similarities to HTML with respect to the structure but has different design goals.
JSON is considered to be better than mark-up language(XML). The data can be retrieved or parsed easily as compared to XML. As JSON has readily available JSON Object, which makes this data parsing process easier.
Here are the main points that differentiate both JSON and XML from each other:
Key points | JSON | XML |
Types | JSON can be string, number, array, or Boolean. | XML data can only be String |
Support browsers | Supported by many browsers. | XML data parsing across different browsers can be difficult. |
Can display data | No ability to display the data. | Has the ability to display data. |
Supporting data types | Text & number data types only. | It supports different data types. Like text, number, images, etc |
Parsing or retrieving values | Easy to retrieve. | Difficult to retrieve. |
Supports encoding | UTF-8 encoding only. | Different types of encoding are supported. Like UTF-8 and UTF-16 |
Support comments | Comments can not be added in JSON. | Comments can be added where needed |
Easy to read | Easier and quicker to read than XML files. | Difficult to read due to larger file lengths. |
Support namespaces | No support for namespaces. | XML supports namespaces |
Which is more secure? | Less secure. | It is more secure. |
Extension of the file | .json | .xml |
Besides all this, JSON is a data-oriented language that does not use any tag to represent the data. While XML is the document-oriented language that uses tags (like the one in HTML) to represent the data.