JSON

Question 1

What does JSON stand for?

Answer 1

JAVASCRIPT OBJECT NOTATION

Question 2

What is the purpose of JSON?

Answer 2

To allow data to be sent back and forth as simple text that most programming languages can read

Question 3

Give an example of what JSON looks like

Answer 3

{
“breed: “Coton de Tulear”,
“name”: “Isabella”,
“color”: “white”
}
//notice that there is no comma after the last value pair

Question 4

Give an example of a JSON object as an array

Answer 4

{
“myCars”: {
“make”: “BMW”,
“model”: “128I”
},
{
“make”: “Honda”,
“model”: “Ridgeline”
}
}

Question 5

Because it is so similar to JS format, JSON can be used directly in JS

Answer 5

Incorrect. JSON must be parsed to be used in JS. To do this we use method JSON.parse()

Question 6

What are the two main methods used with JSON data

Answer 6

To parse into a JS object use JSON.parse()

To turn a JS object into JSON use JSON.stringfy(jsObject)