gRPC vs REST - Let the Battle Begin

Dive into a comprehensive comparison of gRPC and REST in this conference talk from Devoxx. Explore the pros and cons of each approach for microservices communication, covering performance, best practices, and potential pitfalls. Learn about API design, code generation, streaming, aggregation, and performance benchmarks. Discover how to implement services, handle challenges, and optimize for different scenarios. Gain insights into advanced topics like service discovery, load balancing, and distributed tracing. By the end of this 51-minute presentation, make an informed decision on the best communication protocol for your microservices architecture.

Introduction
What is REST
What is gRPC
What is PC
PC vs REST
Challenges
What is an API
Start with an API
When we write
API description
Generating classes
Generating request response
Implementing service
Blocking the current threat
Stream observer
Hollywood principle
Dont call us
Response builder
Next ID
Stream modifier
New API
Aggregator
Content Providers
Aggregation
Start OPC server
Create synchronous client
DNSbased solution
Native solution
Performance benchmarks
Latency
Pokemon
Crypto
Voting service
Gateway
Circle Breaker
Slow Services
Clients
Timeouts
How do we know the culprit
Zipkin
Find your PC
Rest solutions
Proxy
Sidecar
Polyglot Stack
Leaderboard
Mykyta vs Alex
Competition
Link
Vote
New leaders
Latency monkey
I still can
outdated
latency distribution
winners
youre not the winner
GitHub repo
Thank you
Again
Hope you hear us
On slides
Questions