YAML To Json

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data serialization format commonly used for configuration files and data exchange. It uses whitespace indentation to represent hierarchical structure, with a concise and readable syntax.

# This is a comment
name: John Doe
age: 30
address:
  street: 123 Main St
  city: Anytown
  country: USA
skills:
  - JavaScript
  - Python
  - HTML/CSS
isActive: true

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data interchange format based on a subset of JavaScript. It uses key-value pairs and arrays to represent data structures, making it easy for machines to parse and generate.

{
  "name": "John Doe",
  "age": 30,
  "address": {
    "street": "123 Main St",
    "city": "Anytown",
    "country": "USA"
  },
  "skills": [
    "JavaScript",
    "Python",
    "HTML/CSS"
  ],
  "isActive": true
}

• YAML uses indentation to represent hierarchy, while JSON uses braces and brackets
• YAML supports comments, JSON does not support comments
• YAML is easier for humans to read and write, while JSON is more suitable for machine processing and network transmission
• YAML allows omitting quotes (in some cases), while JSON requires keys and string values to be enclosed in double quotes
• Both can be converted to each other and have comparable expressive power