JSON

Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.

Summary

JavaScript Object Notation — a lightweight, human-readable text format for structuring data, and the de facto standard for API request/response payloads between frontend and backend.

How to Learn This

1Practice converting objects to JSON with `JSON.stringify` and back with `JSON.parse`.
2Inspect a real API response's JSON structure in your browser's DevTools.
3Learn valid JSON syntax rules (double quotes, no trailing commas, no comments).

REST Principles

HTTP Status Codes

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