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Question: Why use JSON over XML?

Answer: • Lighter and faster than XML as on-the-wire data format
• JSON objects are typed while XML data is typeless
> JSON types: string, number, array, boolean,
> XML data are all string
• Native data form for JavaScript code
> Data is readily accessible as JSON objects in your JavaScript
code vs. XML data needed to be parsed and assigned to variables through tedious DOM APIs
> Retrieving values is as easy as reading from an object property in your JavaScript code