Json Serialization in C# [closed]

Answer 1

Well ServiceStack's JSON serializer is the fastest .NET JSON serializer.

And weighing at only 159kb it's also very lightweight, not too mention contains lots of useful features, e.g. .NET's fastest JSV and CSV text serializers, T.Dump() utils + more.

Answer 2

You could use the JavaScriptSerializer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.script.serialization.javascriptserializer.aspx

var thing = new Thing();
var json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(thing);

Answer 3

Unless you have some very specific json needs, stick with the framework serializer. You will find more feedback on eventual problems.

Answer 4

There are so many different json libraries in .NET, which provide for some sort of serialization. Look at the bottom of http://json.org/ to find a list of JSON libraries for C#. Whichever one is best depends on your needs. I've used json.net from Newtonsoft, although personally I have found the serializer to be very slow. If you need speed Servicestack claims to have the fastest one (here). The site also shows some performance comparisons, although I have not tried it.

Do some Googling, or simply try them out, write some tests, or just pick the framework one and introduce no extra dependencies and be done with it.