Difference between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC

Understanding key difference between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC, three main protocols for client server communication in Microservices and web applications

Hello folks, if you are preparing for Java Developer interviews the along with Spring Boot, and Microsrvices, you should also prepare about things like REST, GraphQL, and gRPC like what is difference between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC?, which is also one of the popular questions on Java interviews.

In my last article, I shared about difference between JWT, OAuth, and SAML and in this article, I am going to share my thoughts on REST, GraphQL, and gRPC, three popular communication protocols used for building web APIs.

They are used to allow different software components to communicate with each other over a network, for example Microservices can use REST for synchronous communication between them.

Each of these protocols has its own set of advantages and disadvantages, and understanding the differences between them is not just important from interview point of view but also important for choosing the right one for your project.

In this article, you will learn about the differences between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. I will…