gRPC

2.

Protocol Buffers Fundamentals

2.1.

Introduction to Protocol Buffers

2.1.1.

Purpose and Goals

2.1.2.

History and Development

2.1.3.

Language Neutrality

2.1.4.

Binary Serialization

2.1.5.

Schema Evolution

2.2.

Interface Definition Language Concepts

2.2.1.

Role of IDL in Distributed Systems

2.2.2.

Schema-Driven Development

2.2.3.

Contract-First Design

2.2.4.

Code Generation Benefits

2.3.

Proto File Structure

2.3.1.

File Organization

2.3.2.

Syntax Declaration

2.3.3.

Package Declaration

2.3.4.

Import Statements

2.3.5.

Option Declarations

2.4.

Message Definitions

2.4.1.

2.4.2.

Field Declaration

2.4.3.

2.4.4.

2.4.5.

Nested Messages

2.4.6.

Message Composition

2.5.

2.5.1.

2.5.1.1.

2.5.1.2.

Floating Point Types

2.5.1.3.

2.5.1.4.

2.5.1.5.

2.5.2.

2.5.2.1.

2.5.2.2.

Repeated Fields

2.5.2.3.

2.5.2.4.

2.5.3.

Well-Known Types

2.5.3.1.

2.5.3.2.

2.5.3.3.

2.5.3.4.

2.5.3.5.

2.5.3.6.

2.6.

Service Definitions

2.6.1.

2.6.2.

RPC Method Declaration

2.6.3.

Input and Output Types

2.6.4.

2.6.5.

Service Documentation

2.7.

Code Generation

2.7.1.

Protoc Compiler

2.7.2.

Language-Specific Plugins

2.7.3.

Generated Code Structure

2.7.4.

Build Integration

2.7.5.

Custom Generators

2.8.

2.8.1.

Naming Conventions

2.8.2.

File Organization

2.8.3.

Versioning Strategies

2.8.4.

Documentation Standards

2.8.5.

Performance Considerations

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