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Learning YAML - YAML Ain't Markup Language

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YAML Ain't Markup Language

It has clear formatting which makes it human-readable, easy to use, and is easily implemented.

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YAML minimizes the number of structural characters and allows the data to be represented in a meaningful way. For example, indentation is used for structure, key-value pairs are separated by colons, and dashes are used to create bullet lists. Hence the format appears clearer and can be easily understood.

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Let us take an example and compare it with JSON and XML:-

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YAML

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Employees:
  -  id: 4
     employeename: Ryan                  
     employeetitle: Marketing Manager

JSON

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{
"Employees": [
  {
    "id":  4,
    "employeename":  "Ryan",
    "employeetitle":  "Marketing Manager"
  }
]
}

XML

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Employees>
   <id>4</id>
   <employeename>Ryan</employeename>
   <employeetitle>Marketing Manager</employeetitle>
</Employees>

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