wow, auto-complete went mad with that, sorry. "nay" => may; "red is" => redis, etc.
On 21 Jun 2017 8:22 a.m., "Marc Gravell" <[email protected]> wrote: > "You wish to express data in a mechanism that can be expressed as a byte > stream, and/or communicate that between systems that nay or may not be > using different architectures, in a way that is efficient both > computationally and in terms of bandwidth; and a platform independent tool > to express the data format of such data" > > This could include: > > - persisting state - for example to a file in a single application, or as > a row blob in a nosql data store > - an API between two systems - which could be two systems in the same org, > or could be between two independent orgs > > Basically, the need to store and/or communicate data comes up **all the > time**. It is one of the most common things you'll ever be doing in > programming. If you're in the http+ajax/ws world, you might default to JSON > - but even in that scenario there nay be benefits to more efficient > transfer mechanisms (and note: protobuf does include a JSON layer too). But > outside of http+ajax/ws, efficiency may be a much much higher incentive. > > That's what protobuf offers. > > The public google API *alone* consists of over 200 .proto schemas for > various APIs. I use protobuf for storing data in red is, and for various > file formats. > > > > On 21 Jun 2017 4:47 a.m., <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Being a student, I need to know where we really use protobufs in. A >> clearer picture is required. Also tell me how it can be applied in the >> client - server communication cases. >> Thank you. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Protocol Buffers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
