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Json.NET - Simplifying .NET <-> JavaScript communication

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is lightweight data interchange format. In recent times JSON has achieved widespread use due to the ease of which it can be parsed and then the data accessed from within JavaScript compared to alternatives like XML.

While many JavaScript libraries exist for converting JSON text to and from a JavaScript object, working with JSON in .NET has been much more problematic. Correctly escaping strings and building up objects when writing JSON text can be difficult and error prone, while parsing values back out of JSON text is harder still.

Json.NET

Json.NET is a JSON .NET API for simply and safely reading and writing valid JSON text. At the core of Json.NET, similar to the .NET XML APIs, are two classes: JsonReader and JsonWriter. Also like XML in .NET, Json.NET includes a JsonSerializer class.

I’ve been a (very happy) user of Jayrock for quite some time now, which is JSON-RPC focused, but (as I recall) does the same kind of thing that JSON.NET does. If you don’t need the RPC side of things, then you might find this useful.