JSON, YAML

Difference between YAML and JSON

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“YAML is superset of JSON”

Below are comparison between YAML and JSON by conceptually and writing differences

YAML vs JSON

  • YAML is best suited for configuration while JSON is better as a serialization format or serving up data for your APIs.
  • YAML is by no means  a replacement for JSON .You should use the data format that makes the most sense for what you are trying to accomplish.

YAML Advantage

  • YAML has a couple of big advantages  including the ability to self reference, support for complex datatypes, embedded block literals, comments, and more.
  • Write your configuration files in YAML format where you have the opportunity – it is designed to be readable and easily editable by humans.

JSON Disadvantage

  • JSON designed to be human readable – intentionally lacking features to support editing.
  • JSON doesn’t support comments – this is intentionally left out of the JSON specification because its not what the format was designed for.

JSON vs YAML

  • JSON is well suited for  serialization format to data interchange between apis over network.
  • JSON ships with a far simpler specification than YAML.
  • JSON  learning is faster in comparison to YAML, because it is not nearly as robust in its feature set.
  • YAML is a superset of JSON, which means you can parse JSON with a YAML parser.

JSON Advantage

  • JSON is  best to data interchange.

Disadvantage of YAML

  • YAML parsers are younger and  known to be less secure.
  • YAML is mainly designed for configuration when use for data interchange , many of YAMLs features lose their appeal.

Syntax Difference between YAML and JSON

Below are some syntax difference in YAML and JSON while writing files:

JSON Syntax

  • JSON is a subset of the JavaScript object notation syntax.
  • JSON data stored in name/value pairs.
  • JSON records separated by commas.
  • JSON field names & strings are wrapped by double quotes.

YAML Syntax

  • YAML stands for ain’t markup language and is a superset of JSON – You Convert YAML to JSON
  • YAML files begin with ‘—‘, marking the start of the document.
  • YAML documents end with ‘…’ but it’s optional.
  • YAML key value pairs are separated by colon.
  • YAML lists begin with a hyphen.

More

To know more about YAML Syntax, Configuration with Java and other supporting language, frameworks and tools, Sample configuration files and JSON and YAML conversion follow below YAML Tutorials and YAML related exceptions follow YAML Issues.