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What is a YAML file?

Earlier it was called YET Another Markup Language . Now its called YAML aint Markup Language.

Note: What is a Markup Language ? - Parent-Child relationship between components. - Now this is not a programming language. - It is essentially a data format language.
- This is simple language to store and exchange/share data. - Similar to XMLand JSONData Types

In YAML, you can only store data and cannot store commands. This is known as Data Serialization. Let's think about the data stored inside the YAML file later.

Data Serialization Languages

Idea is to store the data inside a Universal Format that can be shared anywhere.

Object : Combination Code and Data.

Serialization: Process of converting the data objects into complex data structures. (Stream of bytes) . We can store this stream of bytes into memory, Databases, etc.

DeSerialization: Process of converting Stream of bytes back to data objects.

Examples of Data Serialization Languages:

  • YAML
  • JSON
  • XML

Why YAML is not a Markup Language now?

Markup Languages were used to store documents. But YAML can store data.