gRPC

gRPC is a high-performance, open-source remote procedure call (RPC) framework developed by Google. It uses HTTP/2 for transport, Protocol Buffers (protobuf) as its interface definition language, and provides features such as authentication, load balancing, and bidirectional streaming. It is designed for efficient communication between microservices and distributed systems.

Also known as: grpc, Google RPC, gRPC framework, Remote Procedure Call framework, gRPC-Web

🧊Why learn gRPC?

Developers should learn gRPC when building microservices architectures, real-time applications, or systems requiring low-latency, high-throughput communication, such as in cloud-native environments or IoT platforms. It is particularly useful for polyglot systems where services are written in different languages, as it provides language-agnostic contracts via protobuf.

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