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Death to JSON

https://medium.com/@tsaizhenling/death-to-json-b035e604e80a#.fc7pfwl6a

by tsaizhenling • 11 years ago

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dudul• 11 years ago

"You then generate the class definitions in your preferred language"

What if there is no compiler for your "preferred language"?

Quid of the convenience of having a "human readable" serialization?

At the end of the day, what the author is advocating for is a way to get rid of some boilerplate to validate data input. Something that most JSON libraries already provide.

The only reason to use a binary format over text format is if it helps reduce the size of the stream in an environment where it matters.

dectroo• 11 years ago

use google protocolbuffer instead.

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