gRPC in 3 minutes (C#)

BACKGROUND

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

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

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!

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

You can find a more detailed tutorial in gRPC Basics: C#

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