What is JSON - JSON Parsing in Swift

What is JSON and how do you parse JSON in Swift? This video will show you! JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and it's a way to represent data in a standard way. It helps organize that data in a way that machines can "read". Think about how a dictionary is organized alphabetically and each entry has a word followed by a definition. There's a well defined standard which makes it easy to process the info. The JSON data format is often used in a data feed or in the returned data from an API call. Because the data is in a standard data format, our app can "parse" out the information from the data feed or API response. To understand how JSON is organizes data, you need these 3 concepts: Key-Value pairs: The key is a label and the value is the actual data. Together, a key-value pair represents one piece of information. JSON Object: This is a collection of key-value pairs together. Often the key-value pairs are related together so that the collection (JSON object) represents a bigger piece of data. For example, the JSON Object could represent a person and the collection of key-value pairs represents the attributes of the person. Array: An array in JSON represents a list of JSON objects or other values. For an example of JSON data, check out the video tutorial! In the video, I also show how to parse JSON in Swift using the Codable protocol. We take the response JSON data from a real API call and then parse it in Swift! 🚨 SPECIAL CWC+ OFFER FOR YOUTUBE: https://cwc.to/youtubeoffer MY FREE ONLINE COURSE: ⚡ How to make an app in 14 days - https://cwc.to/14days CWC+ PROGRAM: 👩‍💻 All our courses in a learning path - https://cwc.to/plus WEEKLY UPDATES VIA EMAIL: ✉️ Every Saturday, receive an email digest of new content - https://cwc.to/newsletter CONNECT: 🌍 Website - https://codewithchris.com 😺 GitHub - https://github.com/codewithchris 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/codewithchris/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/codewithchris ABOUT CODEWITHCHRIS: Hi I’m Chris! I’m dedicated to teaching fundamentals about how to make an app. This is important if you’re trying to land an iOS job, be a freelancer, increase or start a business with an app idea. On this channel and my website, you'll find a ton of free resources and tutorials to aid you on your journey to learn iOS development. Many people have learned to code and build apps on their own! https://cwc.to/reviews #JSON #Parsing #CodeWithChris