From zero to hero: learn to use the high-performance gRPC framework to enhance your HTTP communications !

What you'll learn

how to create a gRPC client FROM SCRATCH in any .NET app

how to create a gRPC server FROM SCRATCH in any .NET app

how to stream data from server to client and reversly

implement security with SSL certificates

use advanced features like deadlines or reflection

integrate gRPC services in an ASP NET web api

communicate from ASP NET Razor Page or Blazor WASM with gRPC APIs

Requirements

No prior gRPC knowledge needed

Familiarity with C# and .NET development

Basic knowledge of HTTP and RESTful APIs

Description

gRPC is a high-performance, cross-platform framework for building scalable APIs. In this course, you will learn how to leverage the power of gRPC to create fast and reliable APIs in .NET 8.gRPC is designed to be fast, efficient, and lightweight. It uses binary serialization instead of text-based protocols like JSON or XML, which can significantly reduce network traffic and improve performance. Additionally, gRPC uses HTTP/2, which enables multiplexed streams, header compression, and server push, further improving performance and reducing latency.In this course, you'll start by exploring the basics of gRPC, including how to create unary requests and responses. You'll learn how to define gRPC services and messages using Protocol Buffers, a language-agnostic binary serialization format that is used by gRPC. You'll also learn how to generate C# code from .proto files using the gRPC tools in .NET, and how to use the generated code to create gRPC clients and servers.Next, you'll move on to more advanced topics, such as streaming and SSL security. You'll learn how to use server streaming and client streaming to send and receive multiple messages over a single connection. You'll also learn how to secure your gRPC communications using SSL certificates.You'll also learn how to integrate gRPC with ASP.NET, the popular web application framework for .NET. You'll learn how to create gRPC services using ASP.NET Core, and how to use middleware to add authentication, authorization, and other functionality to your gRPC endpoints. You'll also learn how to host your gRPC services in a web application and how to consume them from gRPC clients, especially with Blazor WebAssembly.By the end of the course, you'll be able to build robust and efficient APIs using gRPC and .NET 8, and you'll have a deep understanding of the benefits of using gRPC over other API protocols.Topics covered:Introduction to gRPCCreating unary requests and responsesProtocol BuffersGenerating C# code from .proto filesStreaming with gRPCSecuring gRPC with TLS and SSL certificatesIntegrating gRPC with ASP.NETHosting gRPC services in a web applicationConsuming gRPC services from browser-based clients, such as Blazor WebAssembly, with gRPC-WebPrerequisites:Familiarity with C# and .NET developmentBasic knowledge of HTTP and RESTful APIsTarget audience:.NET developers who want to learn how to use gRPC to build high-performance APIsAnyone interested in learning about the benefits of gRPC over other API protocols

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Let me introduce myself

Lecture 2 Theory (the only video about theory!)

Section 2: Learning the basics

Lecture 3 Creation & configuration of the console applications

Lecture 4 Our first Protobuf contract!

Lecture 5 gRPC client & server boilerplate code

Lecture 6 Let's make a request. and get a response!

Lecture 7 Exercise 1: what should you do?

Lecture 8 Exercise 1: implementation

Lecture 9 What about collections in my messages?

Lecture 10 Exercise 2: implementation

Lecture 11 Stream data from the server to the client

Lecture 12 Stream data from the client to the server

Lecture 13 Stream data in both ways!

Lecture 14 Time to practice! Exercise 3 - pagination

Section 3: Advanced concepts

Lecture 15 Namespaces

Lecture 16 Create reusable types in your protobuf contracts

Lecture 17 Well-known types, or how to integrate common types like DateTime, TimeSpan, .

Lecture 18 About enums

Lecture 19 Handle timeouts and cancellation

Lecture 20 Secure communication with SSL certificates

Lecture 21 Expose reflection capabilites

Section 4: Integrate gRPC with ASP.NET

Lecture 22 Add proto files to ASP.NET

Lecture 23 Add gRPC services in ASP.NET pipeline to handle requests

Lecture 24 Create a login endpoint

Lecture 25 Verify the token and secure the gRPC endpoint

Lecture 26 gRPC in the browser - Blazor WebAssembly - Introduction

Lecture 27 Fix the issues in our Blazor WASM application by using gRPC-Web

.NET developers who want to learn how to use gRPC to build high-performance APIs,Anyone interested in learning about the benefits of gRPC over other API protocols