Designing Scalable & Maintainable APIs with REST, gRPC, and Microservice
Patterns
Target Audience:
- Backend Developers, Architects, DevOps Engineers
- Intermediate to Advanced level
Total Duration: 16 hours (4 sessions × 4 hours)
Session 1: REST API Design Patterns & Best Practices (4 hours)
Topics:
- Introduction to REST
- Designing Robust APIs
- Security & Authentication
- Error Handling & Status Codes
- Pagination, Filtering, Sorting
- Documentation & Tooling
- GitHub Copilot Hands-on
Lab/Hands-On:
- Build a small REST API with paginated resources and JWT auth
- Use GitHub Copilot to scaffold boilerplate and validation
Session 2: Advanced gRPC Concepts & Protobuf Customization (4 hours)
Topics:
- gRPC Overview
- Protocol Buffers Deep Dive
- Extensions & Custom Options
- gRPC Communication Patterns
- GitHub Copilot Hands-on
Lab/Hands-On:
- Define `.proto` files with custom options
- Generate and implement a gRPC bidirectional streaming service
Session 3: gRPC Scalability, Load Balancing & Security (4 hours)
Topics:
- Load Balancing Strategies
- Connection Management & Multiplexing
- Performance Optimization
- Security and Authentication
- GitHub Copilot Hands-on
Lab/Hands-On:
- Secure a gRPC service using mTLS
- Load test gRPC with tools like `ghz`
- Use Copilot to automate client/server bootstrapping
Session 4: Microservice Patterns (EDA, CQRS) & Copilot in Real Projects (4 hours)
Topics:
- Microservices Architecture Overview
- Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
- CQRS Pattern
- API Gateway & Service Mesh
- GitHub Copilot Advanced Usage
Lab/Hands-On:
- Design and build a small CQRS-based service
- Integrate Kafka as an event bus
- Use GitHub Copilot for command/query handlers and API gateway route generation