Comments on: JSON == YAML? It’s getting closer to truth http://ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Paddy http://ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth/comment-page-1#comment-3646 Paddy Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:30:23 +0000 http://test.ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth#comment-3646 Oh well, i thought one of the good things about YAML was that the indentation made it easier to read and so maintain. I had seen so many xml examples where the xml was pretty-printed, yet so many real world xml files that were muged-up into as few lines as they could get away with. Now I find that correct indentation is optional in YAML too. Oh well... Oh well,
i thought one of the good things about YAML was that the indentation made it easier to read and so maintain. I had seen so many xml examples where the xml was pretty-printed, yet so many real world xml files that were muged-up into as few lines as they could get away with.

Now I find that correct indentation is optional in YAML too. Oh well…

]]> By: Tim Wood http://ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth/comment-page-1#comment-1594 Tim Wood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth#comment-1594 No YAML tags on this site and I suspect none on most of the sites I watch. Google was kind enough to explain the acronym ("Yet another markup language") and point me at http://www.yaml.org/ for a definition: YAML(tm) (rhymes with "camel") is a straightforward machine parsable data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages such as Perl and Python. YAML is optimized for data serialization, configuration settings, log files, Internet messaging and filtering. Okay, so what? I hate to be harsh, because this is a really cool example of project teams (apparently the JSON one in this case) working to make programmer's lives easier. While that's cool, the article doesn't 'splain what difference this is going to make in my work. No YAML tags on this site and I suspect none on most of the sites I watch. Google was kind enough to explain the acronym (“Yet another markup language”) and point me at http://www.yaml.org/ for a definition:

YAML(tm) (rhymes with “camel”) is a straightforward machine parsable data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages such as Perl and Python. YAML is optimized for data serialization, configuration settings, log files, Internet messaging and filtering.

Okay, so what? I hate to be harsh, because this is a really cool example of project teams (apparently the JSON one in this case) working to make programmer’s lives easier. While that’s cool, the article doesn’t ‘splain what difference this is going to make in my work.

]]> By: Dion Almaer http://ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth/comment-page-1#comment-1595 Dion Almaer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth#comment-1595 Tim You are right. YAML originally took off in the Ruby community as a better XML (for some things. right tool for the job). If you think about all of the formats that you have to deal with there are tons. More frameworks are using YAML these days. A lot more frameworks are using JSON as a way to pass things around (so much faster than XML). If these combine, then the tools that we have for one, instantly work for the other (and vince versa). More interop, better tools. It's all good. Dion Tim

You are right. YAML originally took off in the Ruby community as a better XML (for some things. right tool for the job).

If you think about all of the formats that you have to deal with there are tons.

More frameworks are using YAML these days. A lot more frameworks are using JSON as a way to pass things around (so much faster than XML).

If these combine, then the tools that we have for one, instantly work for the other (and vince versa).

More interop, better tools. It’s all good.

Dion

]]> By: Michael Cheng http://ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth/comment-page-1#comment-1596 Michael Cheng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.ajaxian.com/archives/json-yaml-its-getting-closer-to-truth#comment-1596 I agree with you. if different technology can interop or interchangable, the world will be better for us. I agree with you.

if different technology can interop or interchangable, the world will be better for us.

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