Modern JavaScript from the Beginning - Second Edition - JSON Introduction

The video introduces JSON, a lightweight data interchange format, and its significance in web development, especially for JavaScript developers. It compares JSON with XML, highlighting JSON's prevalence in modern web development. The video demonstrates using JSON with APIs, using GitHub's API as an example, and explains how to create and validate JSON files. It also covers converting JavaScript objects to JSON strings and parsing JSON strings back into objects, emphasizing the use of JSON.stringify and JSON.parse methods.

What does JSON stand for and why is it important in web development?

How does JSON syntax compare to JavaScript object literals?

Explain how to use the Fetch API to retrieve data from a public API.

What is the significance of double quotes in JSON keys and strings?

What are the two methods used to convert JavaScript objects to JSON strings and vice versa?

Describe how local storage works in relation to JSON data.

What happens if you try to access a property of a JSON string without parsing it first?