JSON serialization and deserialization
JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and it is an open standard, human readable format to transmit objects formed by attribute-value pairs. It has become very popular to transmit data between clients and servers, but it is also heavily used in games as an alternative of XML.
Originally, it came from JavaScript, although it is actually language agnostic as there are many utilities to write and read JSON in virtually every widely used language. Being less verbose than XML and easier to parse are probably its main advantages when compared to the aforementioned format.
JSON is really awesome, but in order to be able to follow this recipe, make sure you are familiar with the basics. Check out http://www.json.org ...
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