JSON or XML for structured data serialization
There are many cases where it is useful to serialize data structures to text, such as persistence in the filesystem or transmission across the network. One of the most popular uses is to use ECMAScript to update a web page without reloading, using an asynchronous channel to a web server (AJAX). Other popular uses are for configuration files, data [...]
XML or Text for Python Templates?
There are a number of (very good) templating systems and languages available for Python. They fall in to one of two camps; either they are XML based, like Genshi, or they are text based, like Mako. Most programmers favour one or the other, but there is far from a consensus over which is better. I'd like to use this debate to gather reasons for [...]