Javascript Object Notation Vs JSON Object

Question

I was reading about Javascript and I came across javascript object notation and I was quite fascinated.

For example,

var myObject = {
    name: "Peter Foti",
    'course': 'JavaScript',
    grade: 'A', 
    level: 3
};

Why couldn't I do a JSON Object instead of using an object? When should we use Javascript objects as opposed to sending JSON Object?

Kinda confused here.

Your question makes very little sense: JSON is a serialisation standard (language independent) and JS object notation is just the way you define objects in JS. They are different things. — zerkms, May 07 '16 at 08:37
JSON is a data interchange format equivalent in syntax to JavaScript-the-language's object notation. With your above statement you create an object named `myObject` used in a running program. If you put the object's definition, just the part between and including the brackets `{ ... }`, into a file or transmit it as a message over the net, that's known to be in the JSON format. — miraculixx, May 07 '16 at 08:39
JSON never should've been called "JSON", because it's been causing confusion with JS *code* ever since. (Not sure what else to call it - "SOS" for "simple object serialisation"?) — nnnnnn, May 07 '16 at 08:44
You should read: [There's no such thing as a "JSON Object"](http://benalman.com/news/2010/03/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-json/). — Felix Kling, May 07 '16 at 16:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '16 at 08:38

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You should use JSON (like XML or other structured language) in order to provide informations to other languages/system while Javascript object are type var live in javascript environment and therefore cannot be shared.

answered May 07 '16 at 08:38

Jean-Luc Barat

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