• Getting started with Protobuffer and Python

    In this post, I am going to talk about Proto Buffers and how you can use them in Python for passing messages across networks.  Protocol Buffers or Porobuf in short, are used for data serialization and deserialization. Before I discuss Protobuf, I would like to discuss data serialization and serialization first. Data Serialization and De-serialization According to Wikipedia Serialization is the process of translating a data structure or object state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a file or memory data buffer) or transmitted (for example, over a computer network) and reconstructed later (possibly in a different computer environment) In simple words, you convert simplex and complex data structures and objects into byte…