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Learning Apache Thrift. Make applications cross-communicate using Apache Thrift!

Learning Apache Thrift. Make applications cross-communicate using Apache Thrift!

Krzysztof Rakowski, Diwaker Gupta

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With modern software systems being increasingly complex, providing a scalable communication architecture for applications in different languages is tedious. The Apache Thrift framework is the solution to this problem! It helps build efficient and easy-to-maintain services and offers a plethora of options matching your application type by supporting several popular programming languages, including C++, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, Erlang, Perl, Haskell, C#, Cocoa, JavaScript, Node.js, Smalltalk, OCaml, and Delphi.

This book will help you set aside the basics of service-oriented systems through your first Apache Thrift-powered app. Then, progressing to more complex examples, it will provide you with tips for running large-scale applications in production environments.

You will learn how to assess when Apache Thrift is the best tool to be used. To start with, you will run a simple example application, learning the framework's structure along the way; you will quickly advance to more complex systems that will help you solve various real-life problems. Moreover, you will be able to add a communication layer to every application written in one of the popular programming languages, with support for various data types and error handling. Further, you will learn how pre-eminent companies use Apache Thrift in their popular applications.

This book is a great starting point if you want to use one of the best tools available to develop cross-language applications in service-oriented architectures.
  • 1. Introducing Apache Thrift
  • 2. Installing and running Apache Thrift
  • 3. Running your first Apache Thrift client and service
  • 4. Understanding how Apache Thrift works
  • 5. Generating and running code for different languages
  • 6. Handling errors in Apache Thrift
  • 7. Example client-server application
  • 8. Advanced usage of Apache Thrift
  • Title: Learning Apache Thrift. Make applications cross-communicate using Apache Thrift!
  • Author: Krzysztof Rakowski, Diwaker Gupta
  • Original title: Learning Apache Thrift. Make applications cross-communicate using Apache Thrift!
  • ISBN: 9781785888670, 9781785888670
  • Date of issue: 2015-12-30
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3bh9
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing