JSON Syntax:
JSON syntax is a subset of the JavaScript object notation syntax. JSON syntax has following rules:
1. Data is represented in name/value pairs.
2. Data is separated by commas.
3. Curly braces hold objects and each object name is followed by colon.
4. Square brackets hold arrays.
JSON example:
| {"students":[ {"firstName":"Sandy", "lastName":"Sethi"}, {"firstName":"Roxy", "lastName":"Malik"}, {"firstName":"Sunil", "lastName":"Antil"} ]} | 
JSON datatypes:
| Data Type | Description | 
| Number | It represents double-precision floating-point format in JavaScript | 
| String | It represents double-quoted Unicode with backslash escaping | 
| Boolean | It represents true or false | 
| Array | It represents an ordered sequence of values | 
| Value | it can be a string, a number, true or false, null etc | 
| Object | It represents an unordered collection of key:value pairs | 
| Whitespace | It can be used between any pair of tokens | 
| null | It represents empty | 
 
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