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gRPC: Up and Running

Building Cloud Native Applications with Go and Java for Docker and Kubernetes
by Kasun Indrasiri and Danesh Kuruppu
The cover of gRPC: Up and Running
3.57/5 on Goodreads
ISBN 9781492058335
Published in 2020
202 pages
O'Reilly Media

Description

Get a comprehensive understanding of gRPC fundamentals through real-world examples. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how this high-performance interprocess communication protocol is capable of connecting polyglot services in microservices architecture, while providing a rich framework for defining service contracts and data types.

Complete with hands-on examples written in Go, Java, Node, and Python, this book also covers the essential techniques and best practices to use gRPC in production systems. Authors Kasun Indrasiri and Danesh Kuruppu discuss the importance of gRPC in the context of microservices development.