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Oracle Code NYC and Reddit AMA: No such thing as a microservice!
Next Tuesday at Oracle Code NYC, I’ll be giving a keynote There is No Such Thing as a Microservice! This talk will clarify the definition of the term Microservice Architecture, describe why it is not a silver bullet and outline the issues you … Continue reading
Navigating the microservice architecture pattern language – part 1
The microservice architecture pattern language consists of numerous groups of patterns. The value of a pattern language exceeds the sum of it’s individual patterns because it defines these relationships between the patterns: Predecessor – a predecessor pattern is a pattern that … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, microservice architecture, microservices, pattern language, patterns
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Microservices training at Healthesystems in Tampa, FL
Earlier this year, I taught three microservices training classes at Healthesystems. They are a Tampa, FL based company that is migrating their large, complex monolithic application to a microservices architecture. They have invested heavily in bringing outside expertise to help with the … Continue reading
Microservices training and good food in Lisle, IL
Last week, I spent 4 days in Lisle, IL teaching a condensed version of my hands on 5 day microservices class. You are probably wondering where and what is Lisle, IL? That was my reaction when the client told me the … Continue reading
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Upcoming microservices public training classes
Over the next couple of months I am teaching a couple of public, 1 day microservices training classes: April 28th, Oakland, CA – information and registration May 15th, San Francisco – information and registration This is what the class covers: A … Continue reading
My new O’Reilly training video: Event-Driven Microservices
I am super excited about my new training video that has just been published by O’Reilly: Event-Driven Microservices – a Pattern Language for Deployment, Communication, and Refactoring. The 4 hour 46 minute video presents a balanced view of the benefits and drawbacks of … Continue reading
Thoughts on “if you can’t build a well-structured monolith, what makes you think microservices is the answer?”
A couple of weeks ago at the DevNexus conference Simon Brown gave a keynote (slides) titled the “Modular Monolith”. It was an interesting presentation and he made a number of good points. His final slide asked this excellent question: If you can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, big ball of mud, microservices, modularity
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Microxchg 2016: A pattern language for microservices
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke at the MicroXchg conference in Berlin. It is a small, two track conference that is just about microservices. Lots of great topics. In particular, it was nice to see that the discussion has moved beyond … Continue reading
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Microservice chassis pattern
Build your microservices using a microservice chassis, which is a framework that handles cross-cutting concerns When you build a microservice you must put in place the mechanisms to handle cross-cutting concerns such as logging, externalized configuration, health checks, metrics, service discovery, … Continue reading
API Gateway pattern
Have a service that acts as the sole entry point into a microservices-based application Consider a mobile shopping application. The product information that it needs to show to the user includes the description, price, reviews, recommendations and shipping information. The ownership of that data … Continue reading
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