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		clifanatic on Aug 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arguments against JSON-driven development > If an object is just there to store data and no behavior Then why do you have it at all?

Bognar on Aug 25, 2016 | [–]

To define a valid shape for related data.

wtetzner on Aug 25, 2016 | | [–]

I suppose because the language doesn't have typed records. You have to simulate them with objects.

sidlls on Aug 25, 2016 | | [–]

Sometimes many different values are related to each other and it is useful to keep them close together for explicitness (and other reasons).

st3v3r on Aug 25, 2016 | [–]

... to store data?

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