Is parsing JSON faster than parsing XML

Question

I\'m creating a sophisticated JavaScript library for working with my company\'s server side framework.

The server side framework encodes its data to a simple XML for

Answer 1

Performance isn't really a consideration, assuming that you're not talking about gigabytes of XML. Yes, it will take longer (XML is more verbose), but it's not going to be something that the user will notice.

The real issue, in my opinion, is support for XML within JavaScript. E4X is nice, but it isn't supported by Microsoft. So you'll need to use a third-party library (such as JQuery) to parse the XML.