jbuilder VS Fast JSON API

Compare jbuilder vs Fast JSON API and see what are their differences.

jbuilder

Jbuilder: generate JSON objects with a Builder-style DSL (by rails)

Fast JSON API

No Longer Maintained - A lightning fast JSON:API serializer for Ruby Objects. (by Netflix)
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jbuilder Fast JSON API
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4,298 5,079
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Ruby Ruby
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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jbuilder

Posts with mentions or reviews of jbuilder. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-03.
  • Could not detect rake tasks
    6 projects | /r/rails | 3 May 2023
    # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] # gem "jbuilder" gem 'rack-cors' gem "devise" gem "jsonapi-serializer" gem 'devise-jwt' gem 'active_model_serializers' gem 'followability' gem 'dotenv-rails', groups: [:development, :test, :production] gem 'sprockets' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem "redis", "~> 4.0" # Use Kredis to get higher-level data types in Redis [https://github.com/rails/kredis] # gem "kredis" # Use Active Model has_secure_password [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_model_basics.html#securepassword] # gem "bcrypt", "~> 3.1.7" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible # gem "rack-cors" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :production do gem 'pg' end
  • Dusting off my rails knowledge, need some tips / guidance on rails 7 and production
    10 projects | /r/rails | 7 Apr 2023
    source "https://rubygems.org" git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby "3.1.0" # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main" gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4", ">= 7.0.4.2" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" gem "mongoid" gem "mongoid-grid_fs" gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.2.2' #sourced from https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-rubygem gem 'rack-cors' # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false
  • “Clean” Code, Horrible Performance
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Feb 2023
    For the longest time Rails was also incredibly slow at generating JSON, of all things. JBuilder [1] was a few orders of magnitude slower than using .to_json directly or other libraries.

    [1] https://github.com/rails/jbuilder, maintained by DHH and the Rails team. AFAIR, the "official" JSON serialization DSL.

  • pbbuilder gem
    2 projects | /r/rails | 18 Jan 2023
    It's a builder DSL for protobuf messages, similar to jbuilder. If you ever used jbuilder, this would be really familiar, but there are small nuances of protobuf to be aware off :)
  • Active_storage first time need help!
    11 projects | /r/rails | 25 Sep 2022
    # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main" gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Sass to process CSS # gem "sassc-rails" # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do # Use console on exceptions pages [https://github.com/rails/web-console] gem "web-console" # Add speed badges [https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler] # gem "rack-mini-profiler" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :test do # Use system testing [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html#system-testing] gem "capybara" gem "selenium-webdriver" gem "webdrivers" end
  • New to rails and need some apllication.css importing help
    6 projects | /r/ruby | 2 Mar 2022
    Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder]
  • railstart-niceadmin release now!Backend management system based on Bootstrap 5 and NiceAdmin and Rails 7
    29 projects | dev.to | 27 Jan 2022
    jbuilder
  • Upgrading from Rails 6.x Webpacker to Rails 7 Importmaps
    7 projects | dev.to | 7 Jan 2022
    gem "rails", "~> 7.0.0" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use postgresql as the database for Active Record gem "pg", "~> 1.1" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Use Tailwind CSS [https://github.com/rails/tailwindcss-rails] gem "tailwindcss-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" gem "redis", "~> 4.0"
  • Unable to build and deploy Rails 6.0.4.1 app on heroku - Throws gyp verb cli error
    7 projects | /r/Heroku | 17 Dec 2021
    source 'https://rubygems.org' git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby '2.7.3' # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails' gem 'rails', '~> 6.0.3', '>= 6.0.3.7' gem 'mongoid', git: 'https://github.com/mongodb/mongoid.git' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 4.1' # Use SCSS for stylesheets gem 'sass-rails', '>= 6' # Transpile app-like JavaScript. Read more: https://github.com/rails/webpacker gem 'webpacker', '~> 4.0' # Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem 'redis', '~> 4.0' # Use Active Model has_secure_password # Use Active Storage variant # gem 'image_processing', '~> 1.2' gem 'axlsx' gem 'caxlsx_rails' #Bootstrap for UI gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.1.0' gem 'bootstrap-timepicker-rails', '~> 0.1.3' gem 'bootstrap-select-rails', '~> 1.6', '>= 1.6.3' #JQuery Rails gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'rails_12factor', group: :production # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.2', require: false group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw] end group :development do # Access an interactive console on exception pages or by calling 'console' anywhere in the code. gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0' gem 'listen', '~> 3.2' gem 'pry' # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring gem 'spring' gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0' end group :test do # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver gem 'capybara', '>= 2.15' gem 'selenium-webdriver' # Easy installation and use of web drivers to run system tests with browsers gem 'webdrivers' gem 'cucumber-rails', require: false gem 'database_cleaner' end # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby] #HTTParty for RESTful API calls gem 'httparty' #Paperclip for storing files gem 'paperclip' gem "mongoid-paperclip", :require => "mongoid_paperclip" gem "letter_opener", :group => :development r
  • Why is jbuilder so slow?
    3 projects | /r/rails | 2 Oct 2021

Fast JSON API

Posts with mentions or reviews of Fast JSON API. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.
  • What professions use Ruby?
    6 projects | /r/ruby | 16 Apr 2023
    NASA uses Ruby on Rails ... Netflix originally had one of the best JSON API serializers (before changing maintainers).
  • Yet another JSON serialization question 😎
    3 projects | /r/rails | 18 Feb 2023
    There is a to_json method and recent benchmarks I found are placing a few ms above fast_jsonapi (which is no longer maintained) and slightly faster that jsonapi-serializer (which is supposed to replace fast_jsonapi according to their website).
  • Life in the Fast-Json Lane: Working with JSON:API Serializer
    2 projects | dev.to | 21 Sep 2021
    Last week, I covered tricks and tips with handling forms and updating state, as well as sending the data through fetch requests to the backend. Since then, I have been working endlessly on fetching data from the backend, which included building relationships between my various models and sending the data through a Json Serializer made by Netflix, Fast_JSONAPI Serializer (now just JSONAPI Serializer). I learned some new things while working with the serializer and felt I could impart my wisdom this week.
  • REST API - Modern Rails JSON Serializers - Which Ones To Use?
    2 projects | dev.to | 28 Feb 2021
    After googling and reading some articles, I found that there are a lot of blogs related to Fast JSON API which is now deprecated and kind of replaced by JSON:API Serializer. These gems are following JSON:API specification and force our API response to meet this specification standard.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing jbuilder and Fast JSON API you can also consider the following projects:

ActiveModel::Serializers - ActiveModel::Serializer implementation and Rails hooks

rabl - General ruby templating with json, bson, xml, plist and msgpack support

Jb - A simple and fast JSON API template engine for Ruby on Rails

Grape - An opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.

Blueprinter - Simple, Fast, and Declarative Serialization Library for Ruby

JSONAPI::Resources - A resource-focused Rails library for developing JSON:API compliant servers.

jsonapi-rb - Efficiently produce and consume JSON API documents.

graphql - Ruby implementation of GraphQL

jsonapi-serializer - A fast JSON:API serializer for Ruby (fork of Netflix/fast_jsonapi)