Learning to Deserialize YAML in C# with YamlDotNET

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YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) provides a way to store structured data in files. It can be used in similar ways to other JSON or XML files and is commonly used with Kubernetes and Docker Compose. In this video we'll be taking a look at how you can deserialize and consume data from a YAML file and use that data in your .NET applications.

### Example

If you want to parse a YAML file that looks like this:

```yml
user:
name: "World of Zero"
```

You would use this in C# to create a `Player` object that represents the yml data.

```csharp
public static Player ParsePlayer(string ymlContents) {
var deserializer = new DeserializerBuilder()
.WithNamingConvention(CamelCaseNamingConvention.Instance)
.Build();
return deserializer.Deserialize˂Player˃(ymlContents);
}

public class Player {
public User Username { get; set; }
}

public class User {
public string Name { get; set; }
}
```

### Installing YamlDotNet

```sh
dotnet add package YamlDotNet
```

or via the Package Manager with

```sh
Install-Package YamlDotNet
```

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