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A lot of work around performance went into the latest release of Json.NET , with big improvements in both serializing and deserializing over the previous version. I can happily say that Json.NET is now faster than both the JavaScriptSerializer and the WCF DataContractJsonSerializer over all scenarios.   Other .NET Serializers The latest performance improvements now puts Json.NET on the same level...

A new Json.NET release! As well as the new features below this release also adds documentation for common questions and I’ve spent some time having fun working hard on performance to make this the fastest version ever. Expect a post with sweet Excel graphs in the near future. Binary JSON (BSON) support Json.NET now supports reading and writing binary JSON (BSON). BSON is a standard for binary JSON...

The guys at Mindscape have just released the third version of LightSpeed . For anyone that doesn’t know LightSpeed is an ORM for .NET and is far and away my favourite. Over the last couple of years it has been exciting to see the progress LightSpeed has made as a product and it has matured to the point where I can’t of any additional features I could want from it. LINQ Support++ The two big additions...

Json.NET references a couple of assemblies that you wouldn’t expect for a JSON parser: System.Data.Linq (LINQ to SQL) System.Data.Entity (ADO.NET Entity Framework) Types from these assemblies are used to customize serialization behavior and make using Json.NET with them Just Work. While I always like things that Just Work, I’m not super happy about having dependencies on unrelated assemblies...

“There are those who said this day would never come. What are they to say now?” – Prophet of Truth , Halo 2 As of the latest source code commit, Json.NET 3.5 supports running on the .NET 2.0 framework. Yes you read that right all you dot-net-two-point-oh-ers, next release expect a hot, hot Newtonsoft.Json.Net20.dll coming your way. LINQ enabling a .NET 2.0 application The main barrier to getting Json... More Posts Next page »