javascript-and-json

Question 1

What is JSON?

Answer 1

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a standard text-based format for representing structured data based on JavaScript object syntax.

Question 2

What are serialization and deserialization?

Answer 2

Serialization: converting complex data (like an object) to string
Deserialization: converting string to object

Question 3

Why are serialization and deserialization useful?

Answer 3

Serialization allows from data to be stored in memory. Also makes it easier to transfer data across a network.
Deserialization makes it so that data is easier to interact with.

Question 4

How do you serialize a data structure into a JSON string using JavaScript?

Answer 4

JSON.stringify( )

Question 5

How do you deserialize a JSON string into a data structure using JavaScript?

Answer 5

JSON.parse( )