How to build a gRPC server in Dart
Blog post from LogRocket
This tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on building a gRPC server in the Dart programming language, starting with an overview of gRPC and its use of Protocol Buffers for defining service interfaces. gRPC, an open-source framework developed by Google, facilitates cross-platform and language-neutral communication using HTTP/2 and a compact binary format, with Protocol Buffers serving as the serialization tool. The tutorial demonstrates the process of setting up a Dart environment, installing necessary tools, and developing a gRPC server that manages book data through defined service methods like creating, retrieving, editing, and deleting books. Detailed instructions are provided for writing service definitions in a `.proto` file, compiling it to generate Dart code, and coding the server and client components. The tutorial concludes with testing the server-client interaction to ensure functionality, emphasizing gRPC's robustness and encouraging further exploration of its capabilities.