Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring this chapter’s topics with deeper research.

Exercise 13.1 – Test your knowledge

Answer the following questions:

1. What are three benefits of gRPC that make it a good choice for implementing services?
2. How are contracts defined in gRPC?
3. Which of the following .NET types require extensions to be imported: int, double, or DateTime?
4. Why should you set a deadline when calling a gRPC method?
5. What are the benefits of enabling gRPC JSON transcoding to a gRPC service hosted in ASP.NET Core?

Exercise 13.2 – Compare gRPC services with HTTP APIs

Review the article found at the following link:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/grpc/comparison

Exercise 13.3 – Explore topics

Use the links on the following page to learn more details about the topics covered...