Hands-On Microservices with Kubernetes

JSON format

JSON (https://json.org/) stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It became popular with the growth of dynamic web applications and REST APIs. Its conciseness compared to XML was a breath of fresh air, and it quickly took over the industry. Its claim to fame is that it translates one-to-one to JavaScript objects. Here is a simple JSON file:

{  "firstName": "John",  "lastName": "Smith",  "age": 25,  "address": {    "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",    "city": "New York",    "state": "NY",    "postalCode": "10021"  },  "phoneNumber": [    {      "type": "home",      "number": "212 555-1234"    },    {      "type": "fax",      "number": "646 555-4567"    }  ],  "gender": {    "type": "male"  }}

I personally never liked JSON as a configuration file format; it doesn't support comments, it ...