- The JSON format is syntactically similar to the code for creating JavaScript objects. Because of this, a JavaScript program can easily convert JSON data into JavaScript objects.
- Since the format is text only, JSON data can easily be sent between computers, and used by any programming language.
- JavaScript has a built in function for converting JSON strings into JavaScript objects:
- JSON.parse()
- JavaScript also has a built in function for converting an object into a JSON string:
- JSON.stringify()
- JSON makes it possible to store JavaScript objects as text.
- When storing data, the data has to be a certain format, and regardless of where you choose to store it, text is always one of the legal formats.