Can anyone explain when to use protocol buffer instead of JSON for micro-services architecture? And vice-versa? Both on synchronous and asynchronous communication.
2 Answers
When to use JSON
- You need or want data to be human readable
- Data from the service is directly consumed by a web browser
- Your server side application is written in JavaScript
- You aren’t prepared to tie the data model to a schema
- You don’t have the bandwidth to add another tool to your arsenal
- The operational burden of running a different kind of network service is too great
