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wsc981 on June 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: MsgPack vs. JSON: Cut your client-server exchange ...

"for development convenience"

I wonder what the development convenience is when using protobuf instead of JSON. Could you elaborate?

MehdiEG on June 11, 2012 [–]

That's what my whole comment was all about. Automatic generation of strongly-typed classes. Code completion. Compile-time type checking. Well-defined and strongly-typed API contract. Anything you want me to clarify?

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