Protobuf vs. JSON demo

Installation

Protobuf gem: https://github.com/ruby-protobuf/protobuf/wiki/Installation

$ brew install protobuf
$ bundle install

Compilation

protoc -I ./definitions --ruby_out ./lib definitions/**/*.proto

Run demo

$ ruby demo.rb

Learn

Syntax: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto3

Usage: https://github.com/google/protobuf/tree/master/ruby