gRPC in iOS apps. REST in peace?

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Overview of gRPC for iOS apps that compares RPC and serialization technologies: gRPC (with Protocol Buffers) versus REST/JSON, JSON‑RPC, Thrift and SOAP, and touches on GraphQL. Explains when REST is inadequate and discusses benefits and tradeoffs of using protobuf/gRPC for mobile projects.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:59REST and its problems
3. 7:58RPC overview and comparison
4. 13:02GraphQL
5. 25:09Thrift
6. 30:09gRPC
7. 38:03Protocol Buffers
8. 42:57gRPC demo on iOS
9. 56:55gRPC pros and cons on iOS
10. 1:01:54Q&A

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