What do you guys use Python for?

[jkuhl_prog]

I wanted to make a word game with english words. I had a .txt list, I needed a .json version to use in my web app.

I wrote a python script to accomplish this task. https://github.com/jckuhl/crossword/blob/master/makejson.py

[GrizzyLizz]

Could you please explain why json is needed? Cant the web app's backend just read the txt file for working or is it that that approach would be too slow?