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Protocol Buffers Handbook

You're reading from  Protocol Buffers Handbook

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805124672
Pages 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Clément Jean Clément Jean
Profile icon Clément Jean

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface Chapter 1: Serialization Primer Chapter 2: Protobuf is a Language Chapter 3: Describing Data with Protobuf Text Format Chapter 4: The Protobuf Compiler Chapter 5: Serialization Internals Chapter 6: Schema Evolution over Time Chapter 7: Implementing the Address Book in Go Chapter 8: Implementing the Address Book in Python Chapter 9: Developing a Protoc Plugin in Golang Chapter 10: Advanced Build Index Other Books You May Enjoy

Using Makefile

Important message

While it is possible to use Makefiles on Windows (e.g. choco install make), this is much more a Unix thing because GNU Make is already installed on Linux and macOS. If you control the Windows environment on which the code will be running, it is totally feasible for you to use them. However, if you expect other users to run your code, this might not be the best solution.

GNU Make (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) is a tool that lets you automate some tasks. It has a powerful syntax in which you define rules (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Rules.html) and their behavior. And later, you execute the make $target command to run the behavior you defined. Before generating code from proto files, let’s see an example.

We will create a basic rule called hello that prints Hello, world on the standard output. Create a file called Makefile and add the following content to it:

hello:
    @echo "Hello...
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