JSON is JavaScript Object Notation
JSON is used to transfer data using key-value pairs and following a JavaScript oriented Syntax
JSON are lighter than as XML.
JSON is native JavaScript support with ES5
var fred1 = { //w w w .j ava2 s .c o m firstName: "CSS", lastName: "HTML", kind: "Language", name: function() { return this.firstName + " " + this.lastName; } }; console.log(fred1); let json = JSON.stringify(fred1); console.log(json); console.log(typeof json); let obj = JSON.parse(json); console.log(obj); console.log(typeof obj);