What is AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)? AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a technique aimed at creating better and faster interactive web apps by combining several programming tools, ...

The login form in Listing 2 is described using XML. Yikes! Just looking at this form is tiring. Imagine having to create and parse it in code. In contrast, using JSON in JavaScript is dead simple.

JSON is used as an alternative to Extensible Markup Language (XML). JSON was originally based on the JavaScript programming language and was introduced as the page scripting language for the Netscape ...