JSON serializers

Unlike BinaryFormatter, JSON serialization serializes data in a human-readable format. Using XmlSerializer also produces XML that is human-readable, but JSON serialization produces a smaller data size than XmlSerializer. JSON is primarily used to exchange data and can be used with many different programming languages (as can XML).

Getting ready

From the Tools menu, go to NuGet Package Manager and click on the Manage NuGet Packages for Solution... menu. In the Browse tab, search for Newtonsoft.Json and install the NuGet package. Newtonsoft.Json is a high-performance JSON framework for .NET. Once it is installed, you will see that the reference Newtonsoft.Json has been added to your project, References.

In the using statements for your class, add the following namespaces using Newtonsoft.Json; and using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; to your code.

How to do it...

1. Start off by creating the FundamentalProgramming and Student classes we used before for  XmlSerializer. This time, remove all...