gRPC: Zero to Hero
A complete guide from first principles to production mastery
40
Chapters
10
Parts
8
Quizzes
Part I — Foundations
- 01What is gRPC and Why Does It Exist?
- 02The History of RPC: From Sun RPC to gRPC
- 03gRPC vs REST vs GraphQL vs SOAP
- 04HTTP/2: The Transport Foundation
- 05Protocol Buffers: The Serialization Layer
Part II — Core Concepts
- 06Service Definition with .proto Files
- 07The Four Communication Patterns
- 08Code Generation: From Proto to Code
- 09Channels, Connections, and Subchannels
- 10Metadata, Headers, and Trailers
Part III — Getting Started
- 11Setting Up the Toolchain (protoc, plugins, build)
- 12Your First gRPC Service (C++ and Python)
- 13Status Codes and Error Handling
- 14Deadlines, Timeouts, and Cancellation
Part IV — Deep Dive
- 15Streaming Deep Dive: Flow Control and Backpressure
- 16Interceptors and Middleware
- 17Authentication: TLS, mTLS, Token-Based
- 18Load Balancing: Client-Side, Proxy, and Look-Aside
- 19Name Resolution and Service Discovery
- 20Retries, Hedging, and Retry Policies
Part V — Protocol Buffers Mastery
- 21Advanced Protobuf: Oneof, Maps, Any, Wrappers
- 22Schema Evolution and Backward Compatibility
- 23Protobuf Style Guide and API Design
Part VI — Patterns & Best Practices
- 24gRPC API Design Best Practices
- 25Rich Error Model and Error Details
- 26Pagination, Filtering, and Ordering
- 27API Versioning Strategies
Part VII — Advanced Topics
- 28gRPC Internals: The Wire Protocol
- 29Custom Serializers and Codecs
- 30Server Reflection and Health Checking
- 31gRPC-Web and Browser Clients
Part VIII — Integration & Ecosystem
- 32gRPC in Docker and Kubernetes
- 33Service Mesh: Istio, Envoy, and gRPC
- 34Observability: Tracing, Metrics, and Logging
- 35gRPC-Gateway: REST and gRPC Together
Part IX — Testing
- 36Unit Testing gRPC Services
- 37Integration and Contract Testing
- 38Load Testing and Benchmarking (ghz, locust)
Part X — Production & Real-World
Start with Chapter 1: What is gRPC?