gRPC

Overview

Build high-performance, strongly-typed RPC services using gRPC and Protocol Buffers. gRPC uses HTTP/2 for transport, protobuf for serialization (10x smaller than JSON, 5-10x faster parsing), and generates client/server code in 12+ languages. Ideal for microservice communication, real-time streaming, and performance-critical APIs.

Instructions

Step 1: Install Tools

# Protocol Buffer Compiler
brew install protobuf           # macOS
apt install -y protobuf-compiler # Ubuntu/Debian

# Node.js
npm install @grpc/grpc-js @grpc/proto-loader

# Python