How does JSON compare to XML in terms of file size and serialisation/deserialisation time?

Question

I have an application that performs a little slow over the internet due to bandwidth reasons. I have enabled GZip which has improved download time by a significant amout, bu

Answer 1

Generally speaking, JSON is much faster and smaller than the equivalent XML. XML is richer in that you can store metadata (attributes) and content separately, but the same can be achieved in JSON with appropriate structuring conventions.