how to parse nested JSON response asp.net (vb.net)

OK, got it figured out. There's many different ways to do this, but first I had to create classes PROPERLY to get this to work. I went to json2csharp.com and pasted in the URL that returns JSON (or, alternatively, paste a JSON string in) - this creates your classes automatically (you can type them out manually too, of course), which is nice. In my first example, the classes look like the following (in VB.Net):

Namespace BTCE
#Region "BTCE response classes"
    Public Class Ticker
        Public Property high() As Double
            Get
                Return m_high
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_high = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_high As Double
        Public Property low() As Double
            Get
                Return m_low
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_low = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_low As Double
        Public Property avg() As Double
            Get
                Return m_avg
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_avg = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_avg As Double
        Public Property vol() As Double
            Get
                Return m_vol
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_vol = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_vol As Double
        Public Property vol_cur() As Double
            Get
                Return m_vol_cur
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_vol_cur = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_vol_cur As Double
        Public Property last() As Double
            Get
                Return m_last
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_last = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_last As Double
        Public Property buy() As Double
            Get
                Return m_buy
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_buy = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_buy As Double
        Public Property sell() As Double
            Get
                Return m_sell
            End Get
            Set(value As Double)
                m_sell = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_sell As Double
        Public Property updated() As Integer
            Get
                Return m_updated
            End Get
            Set(value As Integer)
                m_updated = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_updated As Integer
        Public Property server_time() As Integer
            Get
                Return m_server_time
            End Get
            Set(value As Integer)
                m_server_time = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_server_time As Integer
    End Class

    Public Class RootObject
        Public Property ticker() As Ticker
            Get
                Return m_ticker
            End Get
            Set(value As Ticker)
                m_ticker = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Private m_ticker As Ticker
    End Class
#End Region

End Namespace

IMPORTANT! - note the "RootObject" class get/sets the ticker object Using the JavaScriptSerializer, the code looks like so:

   Dim jss = New JavaScriptSerializer()
   Dim oReturn As BTCE.RootObject = jss.Deserialize(Of BTCE.RootObject)(httpdata)
   Dim avg As String = oReturn.ticker.avg
   Dim high as String = oReturn.ticker.high
    ... and so forth

Using the Newtonsoft.Json library (json.net):

Dim ro As BTCE.RootObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of BTCE.RootObject)(httpdata)
Dim avg As String = ro.ticker.avg
Dim high As String = ro.ticker.high
... and so forth

The httpdata string that was input in this case is:

{"ticker":{"high":3.494,"low":2.9,"avg":3.197,"vol":463260.58724,"vol_cur":143878.12481,"last":2.924,"buy":2.959,"sell":2.925,"updated":1387635241,"server_time":1387635242}}

This is my first foray into converting JSON to something usable, but after having very little luck in finding complex examples (nested JSON) on the Internet, I get it now and hope this helps DotNetters everywhere. In my example, I have an app that polls a website for JSON data, converts it into a usable object, does some processing and, ultimately outputs (more) JSON data (as well as XML and other formats) as a WCF web service.