gRPC in 3 minutes (C#)
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BACKGROUND
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For this sample, we've already generated the server and client stubs from `helloworld.proto`. 
Example projects depend on NuGet packages `Grpc` and `Google.ProtocolBuffers` which have been already added to the project for you.

PREREQUISITES
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Windows
- .NET 4.5+
- VS 2013 (with NuGet plugin installed)

Linux (Mono)
- Mono installed
- Monodevelop 5.9 with NuGet Add-in installed (older versions might work)

MacOS (Mono)
- TODO: MacOS support in progress
- Xamarin Studio (with NuGet plugin installed)

BUILD
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Windows
- Clone this repository.
- Open solution `Greeter.sln` with Visual Studio
- Build the solution (this will automatically download NuGet dependencies)

Linux (Mono)
- Clone this repository.
- Install gRPC C Core using instructions in https://github.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc
- TODO: explain using LD_LIBRARY_PATH or installation to /usr/local
- Open solution `Greeter.sln` in MonoDevelop (you need to manually restore dependencies by using `mono nuget.exe restore` if you don't have NuGet add-in)
- Build the solution.

Try it! 
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- Run the server
```
> cd GreeterServer/bin/Debug
> GreeterServer.exe
```

- Run the client
```
> cd GreeterClient/bin/Debug
> GreeterClient.exe
```

You can also run the server and client directly from Visual Studio.

On Linux or Mac, use `mono GreeterServer.exe` and `mono GreeterClient.exe` to run the server and client.

Tutorial
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You can find a more detailed tutorial in [gRPC Basics: C#](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common/blob/master/csharp/route_guide/README.md)