An Introduction to Microservice Principles and Concepts

Course Overview

Microservices are one of the most important and popular software architecture trends. This architecture forms the base for a lot of companies including: Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, and Uber. In this course you’ll learn microservices in depth and understand reasons for and against micro... See More

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Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Course Contents

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1. Preface

Introduction

Structure of the Course

2. Microservices

Introduction

Advantages

Advantage: Continuous Delivery

More on Advantages

Tradeoffs, Prioritizing Advantages, & Levels

Challenges

Chapter Conclusion

3. Micro and Macro Architecture

Introduction

Domain-Driven Design & Bounded Contexts

Strategic Design & Common Patterns

Architecture Decisions

Operation: Micro or Macro Architecture?

Give a Preference to Micro Architecture!

Organizational Aspects

Independent Systems Architecture Principles

Variations

Chapter Conclusion

4. Migration

Introduction

Reasons for Migrating

Typical Migration Strategies

Alternative Strategies

Build, Operation, and Organization

Variations

Chapter Conclusion

5. Docker

Introduction

Docker for Microservices: Reasons

Docker Basics

Dockerfiles

Docker Compose

Variations

Chapter Conclusion

6. Technical Micro Architecture

Introduction

Requirements

Reactive Programming

Spring Boot

Spring Boot Starter Web as Single Dependency

Spring Boot for Microservices: Communication

Other Communication APIs Supported by Spring

Spring Boot for Microservices: Operation

Spring Boot for Microservices: New Microservices & Resilience

Go

Go for Microservices?

Variations

Chapter Conclusion

7. Appendix

Docker Installation and Docker Commands

Docker and Docker Compose Commands

Acknowledgements