Microservice Patterns, Second Edition (MEAP V01)

The definitive guide microservices architecture, updated with modern patterns, approaches, and tools.

Microservices Patterns has helped tens of thousands of developers build effective and stable microservices applications. In this totally revised second edition, author Chris Richardson builds on his experience helping countless organizations use microservices, delivering new insights into design, modern testing techniques, refactoring approaches, and deployment strategies to help you deliver scalable software quickly and reliably.

In Microservices Patterns, Second Edition you’ll learn how to:

Define the requirements for your microservices application
Design a microservice architecture
Test and deploy a microservices application
Refactor a monolith to microservices

Microservices architecture—in conjunction with Team Topologies and DevOps—has become an essential approach for developing large, complex enterprise applications using fast flow: the continuous delivery of a stream of small changes and rapid feedback on each one. This unique book collects, catalogues, and explains dozens of patterns that solve common microservices problems—from service decomposition, to inter-service communication. You’ll soon be benefiting from increased technology diversity, incremental upgrade capabilities, and no other teams stepping on your toes!
about the book
Microservices Patterns, Second Edition teaches you how to develop, test, and deploy production-quality microservices. In it, microservices architecture pioneer Chris Richardson presents dozens of battle-tested patterns that solve recurring microservices problems. Far more than just a patterns catalog, this book takes a balanced, pragmatic, and sometimes skeptical approach to microservices that explores both benefits and drawbacks, and when (and when not) to use them. This updated second edition incorporates lessons learned from nearly a decade of microservices adoption across industries, including sage advice on when to use microservices and how to design right-sized services. You’ll appreciate the book’s focus on architecture fundamentals and decision making, the core benefits of the microservices architectural style, including fast-flow development, service collaboration, deployment, and more.