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gRPC Fundamentals

by Mike Van Sickle

Many modern software systems are composed of specialized services that work together to support sophisticated user experiences. This course will teach you how to use gRPC to enable flexible and efficient communication between those services.

What you'll learn

Almost all modern software systems rely on several services to work together to support user demands. In this course, gRPC Fundamentals, you’ll learn to use gRPC to provide fast and efficient communication between those services. First, you’ll explore what gRPC is and the project's goals. Next, you’ll discover how to create clients and servers using gRPC. Finally, you’ll learn how to develop remote procedure calls using simple RPC as well as streaming calls from clients, servers, or both. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of gRPC needed to leverage this exciting technology to streamline the communication between your services.

About the author

Michael Van Sickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, designing components for the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and F#. Mike also loves learning about user experience design and is taking a lead role in his company's attempt to make applications that are elegant and simple. When he i... more

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