What are JSON, XML, and YAML? Text-file formats that can be used to store structured data that can be handy for embedded and Web applications. Most developers will be familiar with XML (Extensible ...

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I've come a long way over the years in terms of software development. There was a time when all I needed was an HTML form on the client-side and a Servlet's getRequestParameter() method on the server ...

The widespread use of ASCII encoding formats like JSON and rest may be killing server performance. A wide variety of emerging binary formats offer significantly improved performance for processing ...

I don't use Visual Studio's Edit menu enough, obviously: For some time there's been a Paste Special option on that menu that I didn't know about. It has up to two choices depending on what kind of ...

I know. I’m playing with fire today. I am going to tell you why I don’t like XML and all the reasons it’s not a good way of transporting data on the factory floor. XML has a weight problem, but then ...

This is a bit loaded question as if you're looking at this page, it's rendered from (X)HTML = XML. But what I am interested in (for a talk / research topic) is if people are still choosing (directly ...