Ruby: What is the best way to parse xml? [closed] - ruby-on-rails

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I was in doubt what is the best way to use XML in Ruby, could you help me please?
I saw that Ruby has XmlMarkup, there are other options as well?
thank you

If you want to parse XML, I strongly recommend checking out nokogiri - it's a gem you can include that is very powerful at parsing XML.

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Just to understand the basics of json parsing.
Things I would give a try:
Here someone has an answer for parsing JSON with Swift: How to parse a JSON file in swift?
Check this tutorial: http://jamesonquave.com/blog/developing-ios-apps-using-swift-tutorial-part-2/
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