Serialization Primer
Welcome to the first chapter of this book: Serialization Primer. Whether you are experienced in serialization and deserialization or new to the concept, we are here to learn what these concepts are and how they relate to Protocol Buffers (Protobuf). So, let’s get started!
At its heart, Protobuf is all about serialization and deserialization. So, before starting to write our own proto files, generate code, and use it in code, we will need to understand what Protobuf is used for and why it is used. In this primer, we will lay the foundations so that we can build up our knowledge of Protobuf on top of them.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following topics:
- Serialization’s goals
- Why use Protobuf?
At the end of this chapter, you will be confident about your knowledge of serialization and deserialization. You will understand what Protobuf is doing and why it is important to have such a data format in our software engineer toolbox.
