Better Than JSON
10 days ago
- #Performance Optimization
- #API Development
- #Data Serialization
- JSON is the de facto standard for API data exchange but has inefficiencies.
- Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) offer a more efficient alternative to JSON.
- Protobuf provides strong typing, modern tooling, and binary serialization.
- Protobuf is 3x more compact than JSON, reducing bandwidth and improving performance.
- Protobuf requires a .proto file to define message structures, ensuring type safety.
- Code generation from .proto files supports multiple programming languages.
- Protobuf is often associated with gRPC but can be used independently with HTTP APIs.
- Debugging Protobuf requires specialized tools due to its binary nature.
- Protobuf is mature, performant, and ideal for modern development but underused in public APIs.