🧩 Working with JSON¶

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a text-based format for structured data. In Python, you work with JSON via the built-in json module.

✅ JSON Basics¶

import json

data = {"name": "Ada", "age": 30, "skills": ["python", "math"]}

text = json.dumps(data)      # Python -> JSON string
obj = json.loads(text)       # JSON string -> Python

✅ JSON + Files¶

import json

with open("data.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2)

with open("data.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    loaded = json.load(f)

🔍 Key Takeaways¶

JSON is text, but it represents nested structures.
Use json.dump/json.load for files (not dumps/loads).
Consider indent=2 for human-readable output.

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