Newtonsoft JSON

Question

I have created a New MVC4 Application and by default Newton JSON added to the Package.

I read that it is useful for serializing and deserializing JSON. Is this all it does ?

By default we can send JSON in MVC using JSONResult. and using Stringify in JQuery i can receive as a class in C#.

I know there should be some reason why they added Newton JSON.

As i am new to MVC and starting off new project want to know some insight of which serialize/deserialize to go for ?

Thanks

Answer 1

They added Newtonsoft so that your WebAPI controller can magically serialize your returned object. In MVC 3 we used to return our object like so:

public ActionResult GetPerson(int id)
{
    var person = _personRepo.Get(id);
    return Json(person);
}

In a Web API project you can return person and it will be serialized for you:

public Person GetPerson(int id)
{
    var person = _personRepo.Get(id);
    return person
}