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gRPC in 3 minutes (Node.js)
===========================
PREREQUISITES
-------------
- `node`: This requires Node 0.12.x or greater.
INSTALL
-------
```sh
$ # Get the gRPC repository
$ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO root can be any directory of your choice
$ git clone -b RELEASE_TAG_HERE https://github.com/grpc/grpc $REPO_ROOT
$ cd $REPO_ROOT
$ cd examples/node
$ npm install
```
TRY IT!
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There are two ways to generate the code needed to work with protocol buffers in Node.js - one approach uses [Protobuf.js](https://github.com/dcodeIO/ProtoBuf.js/) to dynamically generate the code at runtime, the other uses code statically generated using the protocol buffer compiler `protoc`. The examples behave identically, and either server can be used with either client.
- Run the server
```sh
$ # from this directory
$ node ./dynamic_codegen/greeter_server.js &
$ # OR
$ node ./static_codegen/greeter_server.js &
```
- Run the client
```sh
$ # from this directory
$ node ./dynamic_codegen/greeter_client.js
$ # OR
$ node ./static_codegen/greeter_client.js
```
TUTORIAL
--------
You can find a more detailed tutorial in [gRPC Basics: Node.js][]
[Install gRPC Node]:../../src/node
[gRPC Basics: Node.js]:https://grpc.io/docs/languages/node/basics
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