Sir Dez (opens new window)

# Glorious SerDes (opens new window) for TypeScript

The library you can rely on,
For binary serialization and deserialization,
In Node, Deno, and the Web environment,
Which is simple and yet performant.

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# Features

  • Performant
  • Easy to use
  • Full TypeScript support
  • Super extensible
  • 99% tree-shakable
  • Zero dependencies (small footprint)
  • Runs in Node, Deno and browsers
  • Opt-in usage of eval for better performance with import "sirdez/eval"
  • MessagePack for schemaless data
  • More details... (opens new window)

Performance Comparison with other tools in Node (ops/sec)

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# Installation

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Node (with or without bundlers)

# In the terminal with NPM

npm i sirdez

# Or with Yarn

yarn add sirdez

# In the code with ES Modules

import * as sd from "sirdez";

# or with CommonJS

const sd = require("sirdez");
Web (without bundlers)

# In HTML with UMD

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sirdez/dist/sirdez.umd.js"></script>

# In an ES module script (statically)

import * as sd from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sirdez/dist/sirdez.es.js";

# In an ES module script (dynamically)

const sd = await import(
  "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sirdez/dist/sirdez.es.js"
);
Deno

# In code (statically)

import * as sd from "https://deno.land/x/sirdez/mod.ts";

# In code (dynamically)

const sd = await import("https://deno.land/x/sirdez/mod.ts");

# Usage

# Creating a simple SerDes.

const person = sd.use(
  sd.struct({
    name: sd.string(sd.utf8, sd.uint8),
    age: sd.uint8
  })
);

const bytes = person.toBytes({
  name: "Bob",
  age: 23
});

const samePerson = person.fromBytes(bytes);

console.log({ bytes, samePerson });

# Using TypeScript utilities

type Person = sd.GetType<typeof person>;

const bob: Person = {
  name: "Bob",
  age: 23
};

# Roadmap

  • Support decorators for schema
  • msgpack extension mechanism using classes
  • Better support for protocol buffers
  • Avro-Sirdez schema transpiler

# Known Issues

  • msgpack becomes very slow for large arrays (help wanted for optimizing it! 🙏)

# Resources

# Contribution

Help and suggestions are welcomed!

# License

Copyright 2022 Wei (weisrc).

This software is under the MIT license.

Please see LICENSE (opens new window) for more information.