[thelist] ajax, javascript libraries - security.

[Judah McAuley]

I've really come to see the attraction of JSON as a pure data format. My 
initial inclination was towards XML because it was so descriptive, but 
as I've worked with JSON more I really like it as a compact, lightweight 
format. We've been working with a recent UI that relies very heavily on 
ajax communication and I can say that JSON has largely won me over 
because of decreased overhead. Smaller transfer load equals a faster UI 
response. I still think that XML has its place, especially for 
communicating between disparate systems not under the control of the 
same developers, but as a simple data set transfer mechanism, I think 
JSON has a lot to offer.

Judah

Matt Warden wrote:
> On 4/16/07, Charles <lists07 at wiltgen.net> wrote:
>>> Your two points contradict themselves.
>> I don't see the contradiction, so must not have been clear enough.  Let me
>> try again.
> 
> You seemed to object to using XML as the data format for RIAs. The
> contradiction I was seeing is that some of the benefits of JSON seem
> to be more or less eliminated if you must work with it in a secure way
> (i.e., not just eval() it).
>