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Data Formats

Convert, validate, and understand the most crucial data serialization formats used in modern engineering. From simple JSON to complex XML structures.

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Supported Formats

JSON

.json

The most commonly used standard for sharing data and building web APIs.

Pros

  • ✓Human-readable
  • ✓Universal support
  • ✓Native to JavaScript

Cons

  • ✕No comments
  • ✕Verbose closing tags (none, but brackets)
  • ✕No undefined

YAML

.yaml

A human-friendly data serialization standard for all programming languages.

Pros

  • ✓Clean syntax
  • ✓No brackets/quotes
  • ✓Supports comments

Cons

  • ✕Whitespace sensitive
  • ✕Complex specification
  • ✕Parsing overhead

TOML

.toml

A config file format for humans.

Pros

  • ✓Easy to read
  • ✓Strongly typed
  • ✓Great for configs

Cons

  • ✕Verbosely hierarchical
  • ✕Less universal than JSON

XML

.xml

A markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents.

Pros

  • ✓Schema support (XSD)
  • ✓Standardized
  • ✓Metadata rich

Cons

  • ✕Extremely verbose
  • ✕Hard to read manually
  • ✕Parsing complexity