Programmer's Guide to Apache Thrift

SummaryProgrammer's Guide to Apache Thrift provides comprehensive coverage of the Apache Thrift framework along with a developer's-eye view of modern distributed application architecture.Foreword by Jens Geyer.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyThrift-based distributed software systems are built out of communicating components that use different languages, protocols, and message types. Sitting between them is Thrift, which handles data serialization, transport, and service implementation. Thrift supports many client and server environments and a host of languages ranging from PHP to JavaScript, and from C++ to Go.About the BookProgrammer's Guide to Apache Thrift provides comprehensive coverage of distributed application communication using the Thrift framework. Packed with code examples and useful insight, this book presents best practices for multi-language distributed development. You'll take a guided tour through transports, protocols, IDL, and servers as you explore programs in C++, Java, and Python. You'll also learn how to work with platforms ranging from browser-based clients to enterprise servers. What's insideComplete coverage of Thrift's IDLBuilding and serializing complex user-defined typesPlug-in protocols, transports, and data compressionCreating cross-language services with RPC and messaging systemsAbout the ReaderReaders should be comfortable with a language like Python, Java, or C++ and the basics of service-oriented or microservice architectures.About the AuthorRandy Abernethy is an Apache Thrift Project Management Committee member and a partner at RX-M.Table of ContentsPART 1 - APACHE THRIFT OVERVIEWIntroduction to Apache ThriftApache Thrift architectureBuilding, testing, and debuggingPART 2 - PROGRAMMING APACHE THRIFTMoving bytes with transportsSerializing data with protocolsApache Thrift IDLUser-defined typesImplementing servicesHandling exceptionsServersPART 3 - APACHE THRIFT LANGUAGESBuilding clients and servers with C++Building clients and servers with JavaBuilding C# clients and servers with .NET Core and WindowsBuilding Node.js clients and serversApache Thrift and JavaScriptScripting Apache ThriftThrift in the enterprise