MicroJS

A protocol buffer for javascript used to serialize JSON into miniature binary packets.

Why use MicroJS?

By using predefined schemas to map your JSON objects into binary array buffers, MicroJS achieves on average a much better compression rate than standard string compression libraries such as GZip (with a much lower computational cost).

This makes it an excellent tool for applications or games that use web sockets to rapidly transfer large amounts of data between the client and server.

Average compression rates:

• zlib/gzip: 73%
• microjs: 83%

Tested In

• Node.js (0.10.18)
• Google Chrome (31)
• Mozilla Firefox (23)
• Safari (6)
• Internet Explorer (11)

Installation

Node.js

In your project root:

$ npm install microjs

Then in your code:

var micro = require('microjs');

Browser

Copy BOTH the "micro.js" and "browser-buffer.js" file into your public directory.

Then in your HTML:

<script type="text/javascript" src="browser-buffer.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="micro.js"></script>

Or optionally you can load one or both libraries as modules, for example:

require(['browser-buffer','micro'], function(Buffer, micro){
  ...
});

Schemas

More documentation coming soon!

For now please look in the the "benchmarks" and "examples" directories for direction as to how to properly register schemas, and serialize/deserialize JSON data.