Initial checkin of gRPC to third_party/

third_party/grpc/vsprojects/README.md

+This directory contains MS Visual Studio project & solution files.
+
+#Supported Visual Studio versions
+
+Currently supported versions are Visual Studio 2013 (our primary focus) and 2010.
+
+#Building
+We are using [NuGet](http://www.nuget.org) to pull zlib and openssl dependencies.
+If you don't have Visual Studio NuGet plugin installed, you'll need to
+download nuget.exe from the web and manually restore the NuGet packages.
+
+```
+> REM Run from this directory.
+> REM No need to do this if you have NuGet visual studio extension.
+> nuget restore grpc.sln
+```
+
+After that, you can build the solution using one of these options:
+1. open `grpc.sln` with Visual Studio and hit "Build".
+2. build from commandline using `msbuild grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Debug`
+
+#C/C++ Test Dependencies
+   * gtest isn't available as a git repo like the other dependencies.  download it and add it to `/third_party/gtest/` (the folder will end up with `/build-aux/`, `/cmake/`, `/codegear/`, etc. folders in it).  
+    * if using vs2013: open/import the gtest solution in `/msvc/`, and save over the first solution (you will have to change it from read-only).  change all projects to use `/MDd` (Property Pages - C/C++ - Code Generation - Runtime Library) and build. This is a "multithreaded debug" setting and it needs to match grpc.
+    * build all
+   * open protobuf solution in `/third_party/protobuf/vsprojects`
+    * if using vs2013: on import the gtest stuff will probably fail, I think the paths are interpreted wrong.  it's ok.
+    * tests and test_plugin will fail when built.  also ok
+    * build all
+   *  gflags is automatically imported as a git submodule but it needs to have CMake run on it to be ready for a specific platform
+    * download [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/) windows installer; install
+    * open visual studio developer command prompt (not sure if dev command prompt is necessary)
+    * run `cmake <path to gtest directory>`
+    * this will build a `.sln` and fill up the `/third_party/gflags/include/gflags/` directory with headers
+    * build all
+   * install [NuGet](http://www.nuget.org)
+    * nuget should automatically bring in built versions of zlib and openssl when building grpc.sln (the versions in `/third_party/` are not used).  If it doesn't work use `tools->nuget...->manage...`.  The packages are put in `/vsprojects/packages/`
+
+#C/C++ Test Solution/Project Build Steps
+   * A basic git version of grpc only has templates for non-test items.  This checklist adds test items to grpc.sln and makes individual vs projects for them
+   * set up dependencies (above)
+   * add `"debug": true,` to the top of build.json.  This is the base file for all build tracking, see [templates](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/templates) for more information
+    * `"debug": true,` gets picked up by `/tools/buildgen/plugins/generate_vsprojects.py`.  It tells the script to add visual studio GUIDs to all projects.  Otherwise only the projects that already have GUIDs in build.json will be built
+   * run `/templates/vsprojects/generate_debug_projects.sh` to make debug templates/projects.  This runs a regular visual studio buildgen process, which creates the `.sln` file with all of the new debug projects, then uses git diff to find the new project names from the `.sln` that need templates added.  It builds the new templates based on the diff, then re-runs the visual studio buildgen, which builds the vs projects for each of the new debug targets
+    * copy over the `/vsprojects/` folder to your windows build setup (assuming this was built on linux in order to have easy access to python/mako and shell scripts)
+   * run `/templates/vsprojects/build_test_protos.sh`
+    * this builds all `.proto` files in `/test/` in-place.  there might be a better place to put them that mirrors what happens in the linux build process (todo)
+    * each `.proto` file gets built into a `.grpc.pb.cc`, .`grpc.pb.h`, `.pb.cc`, and `.pb.h`.  These are included in each test project in lieu of the `.proto` includes specified in `build.json`.  This substitution is done by `/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include`
+    * copy over the `/test/` folder in order to get the new files (assuming this was built on linux in order to have an easy protobuf+grpc plugin installation)
+
+#Making and running tests with `/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py` or `/vsprojects/make.bat`
+`run_tests.py` and `make.bat` both rely on `/vsprojects/grpc.mak`, an NMAKE script that includes C/C++ tests in addition to the base grpc projects.  It builds the base projects by calling grpc.sln, but most things are built with a command line similar to a makefile workflow.
+
+ arguments for `/vsprojects/make.bat`:
+
+ * no options or `all` or `buildtests`: builds all tests
+ * `buildtests_c`: just c tests
+ * `buildtests_cxx`: just c++ tests
+ * names of individual tests: just those tests (example: `make.bat gpr_string_test`)
+
+using `run_tests.py` on windows:
+
+ * when `run_tests.py` detects that it's running on windows it calls `make.bat` to build the tests and expects to find tests in `/vsprojects/test_bins/`
+
+`run_tests.py` options:
+
+ * `run_tests.py --help`
+ * `run_tests.py -l c`: run c language tests
+ * `run_tests.py -l c++`: run c++ language tests
+ * note: `run_tests.py` doesn't normally show build steps, so if a build fails it is best to fall back to `make.bat`
+ * if `make.bat` fails, it might be easier to open up the `.sln` file in the visual studio gui (see above for how to build the test projects) and build the offending test from its project file.  The `.mak` and project file templates are slightly different, so it's possible that a project will build one way and not another.  Please report this if it happens.
+
+It can be helpful to disable the firewall when running tests so that 400 connection warnings don't pop up.
+
+Individual tests can be run by directly running the executable in `/vsprojects/run_tests/` (this is `/bins/opt/` on linux).  Many C tests have no output; they either pass or fail internally and communicate this with their exit code (`0=pass`, `nonzero=fail`)
+
+`run_tests.py` will fail if it can't build something, so not-building tests are disabled with a "platforms = posix" note in build.json.  The buildgen tools will not add a test to a windows build unless it is marked "windows" or has no platforms identified.  As tests are ported they will get this mark removed.
+
+# Building protoc plugins
+For generating service stub code, gRPC relies on plugins for `protoc` (the protocol buffer compiler). The solution `grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` allows you to build
+Windows .exe binaries of gRPC protoc plugins.
+
+1. Follow instructions in `third_party\protobuf\cmake\README.md` to create Visual Studio 2013 projects for protobuf.
+```
+$ cd third_party/protobuf/cmake
+$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013"
+```
+
+2. Open solution `third_party\protobuf\cmake\protobuf.sln` and build it in Release mode. That will build libraries `libprotobuf.lib` and `libprotoc.lib` needed for the next step.
+
+3. Open solution `vsprojects\grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` and build it in Release mode. As a result, you should obtain a set of gRPC protoc plugin binaries (`grpc_cpp_plugin.exe`, `grpc_csharp_plugin.exe`, ...)