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Microservices Patterns
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Microservices Patterns

by Chris Richardson
November 2018
Intermediate to advanced
520 pages
16h 20m
English
Manning Publications

Overview

Microservices Patterns teaches enterprise developers and architects how to build applications with the microservice architecture. Rather than simply advocating for the use the microservice architecture, this clearly-written guide takes a balanced, pragmatic approach, exploring both the benefits and drawbacks.



About the Technology

Successfully developing microservices-based applications requires mastering a new set of architectural insights and practices. In this unique book, microservice architecture pioneer and Java Champion Chris Richardson collects, catalogues, and explains 44 patterns that solve problems such as service decomposition, transaction management, querying, and inter-service communication.



About the Book

Microservices Patterns teaches you how to develop and deploy production-quality microservices-based applications. This invaluable set of design patterns builds on decades of distributed system experience, adding new patterns for writing services and composing them into systems that scale and perform reliably under real-world conditions. More than just a patterns catalog, this practical guide offers experience-driven advice to help you design, implement, test, and deploy your microservices-based application.



What's Inside

  • How (and why!) to use the microservice architecture
  • Service decomposition strategies
  • Transaction management and querying patterns
  • Effective testing strategies
  • Deployment patterns


About the Reader

Written for enterprise developers familiar with standard enterprise application architecture. Examples are in Java.



About the Author

Chris Richardson is a Java Champion, a JavaOne rock star, author of Manning’s POJOs in Action, and creator of the original CloudFoundry.com.



Quotes
A comprehensive overview of the challenges teams face when moving to microservices, with industry-tested solutions to these problems.
- Tim Moore, Lightbend

Pragmatic treatment of an important new architectural landscape.
- Simeon Leyzerzon, Excelsior Software

A solid compendium of information that will quicken your migration to this modern cloud-based architecture.
- John Guthrie, Dell/EMC

How to understand the microservices approach, and how to use it in real life.
- Potito Coluccelli, Bizmatica Econocom

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