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Microservices with Clojure
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Microservices with Clojure

by Anuj Kumar
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h 56m
English
Packt Publishing
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Although microservices have their own isolated persistence, an application implemented using microservices may need to share data among a set of services to perform tasks. In a monolithic environment, since there is a common database, it is easier to share data and maintain consistency using transactions. In a microservices environment, it is not recommended to provide direct access to the database managed by a service, as shown in the following diagram:

For example, when a user places a new order, the Order Service may need access to the delivery address; that is, the user address from the User Service. Similarly, once the order ...

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ISBN: 9781788622240