{"id":135953,"date":"2024-09-16T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=135953"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:13:22","slug":"setting-up-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/setting-up-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before diving into gRPC development, ensure you have the following prerequisites in place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Go Installation:<\/strong> Make sure you have Go installed on your system. You can download the latest version from the official Go website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protocol Buffers Compiler:<\/strong> Install the Protocol Buffers compiler (<code class=\"\">protoc<\/code>). 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