jQuery.parseJSON vs JSON.parse

Question

jQuery.parseJSON and JSON.parse are two functions that perform the same task. If the jQuery library is already loaded, would using jQuery.parseJSON be better th

Answer 1

According to jQuery

Where the browser provides a native implementation of JSON.parse, jQuery uses it to parse the string.

thus it means that jQuery provides a JSON parser if no native implementation exists on the browser. here's a comparison chart of browsers that have (and don't have) JSON functionality