javascript-and-json

Question 1

What is JSON?

Answer 1

JavaScript Object Notation is a common text-based data interchange format used to send and store information in computer systems.

Question 2

What are serialization and deserialization?

Answer 2

Serialization is the process of turning an object in memory into a stream of bytes so you can do stuff like store it on disk or send it over the network.

Deserialization is turning a stream of bytes into an object in memory.

Question 3

Why are serialization and deserialization useful?

Answer 3

They parse data into the right format readable by the computer.

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