Learn JSON

JSON or JavaScript Object Notation is a lightweight and text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. The JSON format was originally specified by Douglas Crockford, and is described in RFC 4627. The official Internet media type for JSON is application/json. The JSON filename extension is .json.

 This tutorial will help you in understanding JSON and how to use it within various programming languages like PHP, PERL, Python, Ruby, Java etc.

This tutorial has been designed to help beginners understand basic functionality of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to develop data interchange format. After completing this tutorial you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in using JSON with Javscript, Ajax, Perl etc from where you can take yourself to next levels.