Beginner's Guide to Go Protocol Buffer

3h 4mBeginner2023-05-11

Authors

Martine Moses

Back-End and Integration Developer

Course details

Are you looking for alternatives to REST APIs to improve internal communication between services? In this course, instructor Martine Moses shows you how to create fast APIs using the Google Protocol Buffer (protobuf) and Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC), two of the most consistent, easy-to-use, open-source options for connecting and managing services across multiple platforms.

Explore the basics of protocol buffers and gRPCs, when to use which, how to define a protobuf, how to set up a gRPC, and more. Boost your career with in-demand skills that you can apply on your next job search, testing out your new technical know-how in the exercise challenges at the end of each section. Upon completing this course, you’ll be ready to start defining protobuf messages and services, as well as creating gRPC servers and clients in both Go and TypeScript.

Skills covered

GoSoftware ArchitectureAPIsFull-Stack Web DevelopmentGoogleWeb DevelopmentProgramming LanguagesSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Go protocol buffer
02 - What you should know
03 - GitHub Codespaces

1. Protocol Buffers Overview

04 - What is a gRPC
05 - gRPC vs. REST
06 - What are protocol buffers (protobuf)
07 - Protobuf vs. JSON

2. Defining Protocol Buffer Messages and Services

08 - How to define a protobuf messages
09 - How to define protobuf services and compiling
10 - Challenge 1
11 - Solution 1 - Part 1
12 - Solution 1 - Part 2
13 - Solution 1 - Part 3

3. gRPC Servers and Clients in Go

14 - Creating a gRPC server - Go
15 - Creating gRPC client - Go
16 - Challenge 2
17 - Solution 2 - Part 1
18 - Solution 2 - Part 2
19 - Solution 2 - Part 3
20 - Solution 2 - Part 4

4. gRPC Servers and Clients in TypeScript

21 - Creating a gRPC server - TypeScript
22 - Creating a gRPC client - TypeScript
23 - Challenge 3
24 - Solution 3 - Part 1
25 - Solution 3 - Part 2

Conclusion

26 - Additional resources