Serde is a framework for serializing and deserializing Rust data structures efficiently and generically.

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• An overview of Serde
• Data formats supported by Serde
• Setting up #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
• Examples
• API documentation
• Release notes

Serde in action

```rust use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};

[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]

struct Point { x: i32, y: i32, }

fn main() { let point = Point { x: 1, y: 2 };

// Convert the Point to a JSON string.
let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&point).unwrap();

// Prints serialized = {"x":1,"y":2}
println!("serialized = {}", serialized);

// Convert the JSON string back to a Point.
let deserialized: Point = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();

// Prints deserialized = Point { x: 1, y: 2 }
println!("deserialized = {:?}", deserialized);

} ```

Getting help

Serde developers live in the #serde channel on irc.mozilla.org. The #rust channel is also a good resource with generally faster response time but less specific knowledge about Serde. If IRC is not your thing or you don't get a good response, we are happy to respond to GitHub issues as well.