Complete Guide to Protocol Buffers 3 [Java, Golang, Python] (Udemy.com)
Google Protobuf with examples and exercises. Code in Java Go Python. Say Goodbye to JSON & XML. Pre-req to gRPC
Created by: Clément Jean
Last updated November 2023
What you will learn
- Write simple and complex .proto files
- Practice Exercises to Confirm the Learnings
- Leverage Imports and Packages appropriately
- Generate Code using `protoc` in any language
- Code in Java with Protocol Buffers
- Understand how Data Evolution works for Protobuf
- Learn about advanced Protocol Buffers concepts
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 90 / 100
Course Description
Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is a fundamental data serialization format that every Data Engineer should know about. It is leveraged by many top tech companies such as Google and enables micro-services to transfer data in a format that is safe and efficient.
In this course, we are going to explore in depth, with hands-on lectures, all the aspects of Protocol Buffers 3.
In just a few hours, you will know everything you need to know to create simple and complex .proto files, and write code in your Favourite Programming language such as Java, Python and Go. Protocol Buffers generates all the boilerplate code for you!
Stop using XML and JSON and start using a Data Format that will allow you to create the most efficient APIs.
Complete Guide to Protocol Buffers 3 is the best way to get a great overview of all the possibilities offered by Protocol Buffers
> Write simple and complex .proto files
> Practice Exercises to Confirm the learnings
> Leverage Imports and Packages appropriately
> Generate Code using `protoc`
> Code in Java, Go and Python with Protocol Buffers
> Learn about advanced Protocol Buffers concepts
Note: This course assumes you have some knowledge about Programming and JSON / XML
Section outline:
Protocol Buffers Course Introduction: Get an understand of the course objectives, how the course is structured, download the course code and get ready!
Protocol Buffers Basics I: Learn how to create your first messages using Scalar Types. Practice with 5 exercises
Protocol Buffers Basics II: Learn how to create complex messages, and organise your code in different files and packages. Practice with 4 exercises
Setting up Protoc Compiler: Setup the protoc compiler and learn how to generate code in any language
Java Programming with Protocol Buffers: Write your Protocol Buffers Data in Java
Golang Programming with Protocol Buffers: Write your Protocol Buffers Data in Golang
Python Programming with Protocol Buffers: Write your Protocol Buffers Data in Python
Data Evolution with Protobuf: Evolve your protocol buffers file in a safe way in order to add or remove fields without breaking previous code
Protocol Buffers Advanced: Advanced Types in Protocol Buffers as well as Options, Integer Types, and an introduction to RPC Services with gRPC
Instructor
My name is Clément Jean, and I'll be your instructor in this course. I teach about Protocol Buffers and gRPC with my focus always on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies. I am also the author of some of the most highly-rated & best-selling courses.
With development being a widely accepted and pursued career, I've decided it's time for students to properly learn about Protocol Buffers. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!
This Course Also Comes With:
Lifetime Access to All Future Updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Links to interesting articles, and lots of good code to base your next template onto
Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download
A 30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!
I hope to see you inside the course!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
4,627 Reviews
Clément Jean
I'm a Udemy instructor who studied Software Engineering (C, C++, C#) at Epitech (Montpellier, France), went to 清华大学 (Tsinghua University) for Computer Science Master (Beijing, China), 北京语言大学 (BLCU) for learning Chinese (Beijing, China) and finally learning business in CKGSB (Beijing, China).
My background is pretty diverse but I'm really Interested in both programming and teaching, so I combine them to providing you more opportunities to improving your career.
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Reviews
By Kris T. Gunnarsson on 10/15/2025
Good course. I needed to get up to speed on gRPC and decided to follow Clemen'ts recommendation and take the protobuf course first. Glad I did. The material was presented in a concise manner, simple, easy to follow. Good job.
By Reactive Dev on 9/2/2024
The course is outdated. Many libraries covered in this course have undergone several major version changes. The explanations in the section describing usage in programming languages (Python, Java, Go) could be more detailed. On the positive side, Protobuf is explained quite well, and examples are provided in several popular languages (Java, Python, Go).
By William Tran on 2/12/2024
The course was good but needs more explanation and maybe some real world examples of how it is applied. Could go over more usages on Java, Golang and Python and how it would be structured in a live project. The example provided from protobuf.dev were outdated and usage was different because your examples did not focus on stdin and stdout args.
By Tom Crecelius on 2/10/2024
There is too much repetition in this course. Using 3 different programming languages for the demonstration of using protobuf is fine but at least the very same creation & compiling of the .proto-files could have been avoided by reusing them. There is also some literal repetition of a part from previous section in a later section., and some minor mistakes where the ordering is wrong (in the go-part: oneof was done before enums but shown the other way around). The real pity is, that the following interesting parts about "data evolution" & "advanced" topics where rushed through with just links to find more information. Here the chance was missed to demonstrate important things by example programs. Reading the official documentation can also be done without this course.
By Sunil Kantilal on 5/21/2023
Great intro to the protobuf. It makes me feel ready to take on more complex use case on this topic. I would recommend if you can capture the simple service (RPC service) for starters in the same course in the end with an example hands-on. That might give a full view of RPC usage along with the message model. If too cmoplex then you can direct us to a course of yours with a intro.
By Stan Vangilder on 9/28/2021
This is a great course. It bothered me that there seemed to be some out of date information and unexplained details that sent me Stack Overflowing for several hours, but I'm more knowledgeable now as a result. This course is VERY well designed, has a logical flow, and seems very complete. I also admire Stephane's ambitious objective of covering protobuff in so many different languages, as I may refer to several of them as needed. GREAT JOB!
By Mainak Sen on 1/1/2021
The Course is really good as a detailed introduction to Protocol Buffers and the significance of using the same . The concepts were very well explained . It can be enhanced with more use cases as per the documentations and on the advanced concepts ,so that we get more HandsOn learning of the same . Overall I would definitely recommend this course to everyone aspiring to learn Protocol Buffers /as a prerequisite to learn GRPC .
By Abhimanyu Krishna on 6/2/2020
Great course and amazing instructor. Stephane is able to get the concepts through easily and mixes the theory very nicely with the hands-on. The exercises are a boon as it helps you get on to the concepts learnt, all at once, and gives a wonderful learning experience. Thanks Stephane!
By HSU YUMING on 1/27/2020
Overall this course cover the basic concept about protocol-buffers, after taking this course it helps me more understand when i read the document. But I think there are something can be improved, about the enviroment setting maybe can be more detail, when I setup the vscode with extention it take more time to complete that. on the advance varints session, if can change the order to make people understand the concpet, it will be more better. Because I find the answer through the Q&A session.
By Alok Verma on 9/13/2019
Excellent course in building the concept for a total new starter. Initially some hiccups in setting Idea as I used Eclipse mostly but after that all examples worked and I could appreciate Course and Intellij both. I have taken gRPC course but thought to go for this course fist and it was a wise decision. With actual hands on your confidence is on different level. Kudos to him for this course
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