- Protocol buffers are the most commonly used data format at Google.
- Protocol Buffers are a language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
- A combination of the definition language (created in .proto files).
- The code that the proto compiler generates to interface with data, language-specific runtime libraries.
- The serialization format for typed, structured data that is written to a file.
- Clone it and open the folder in your preferred editor.
- Check the console output (for example, in VS code):
You can write and test your own protobuf following the instructions in my medium article.