gRPC in Go

Course details

A growing number of companies use gRPC, a popular framework that writes services and clients. In this course, Miki Tebeka presents an overview of gRPC, then shows you the protocol buffers serialization format, as well as how to write a gPRC definition file (.proto), write gRPC servers and clients, and use advanced gRPC features like streaming, reflection, and more. Learn about RPC in general, then go into protocol buffers, how gRPC use them, why gRPC chose HTTP/2, and how the gRPC ecosystem works. Explore writing and compiling a .proto file, using generated code, and generating JSON encoding. Dive into gRPC servers and clients, and discover how to define a streaming endpoint, send streaming data to the client, and handle streaming responses from the server. Plus, go over advanced topics like writing interceptors, sharing .proto definitions, testing your code, and using the gRPC gateway.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Why gRPC
02 - What you should know
03 - Setting up

1. gRPC Overview

04 - RPC in general
05 - Protocol buffers
06 - HTTP 2
07 - The gRPC ecosystem

2. Protocol Buffers

08 - Writing .proto file
09 - Compiling .proto to Go
10 - Using generated code
11 - JSON encoding
12 - Challenge - Invoice
13 - Solution - Invoice

3. gRPC Server

14 - Defining the service
15 - Generating Go code
16 - Running the server
17 - Adding reflection
18 - Using grpcurl to call your server
19 - Challenge - End
20 - Solution - End

4. gRPC Client

21 - Creating a client
22 - Calling the server
23 - Sending metadata
24 - Challenge
25 - Solution

5. Streaming

26 - Streaming overview
27 - Defining a streaming endpoint
28 - Streaming server handler
29 - Streaming client

6. Advanced Topics

30 - Writing interceptors
31 - Sharing .proto definitions
32 - Testing your code
33 - Using gRPC gateway

Conclusion

34 - Next steps