Chris Richardson

We have started breaking a monolithic application into corresponding microservices. There were quite a few concerns we faced from simplifying the overall architecture to the need of an aggregation layer to making it scalable to testing strategies and so on. If you need answers to such questions, this book is totally relevant for you.

This book is heavy in terms of its technical strength and expertise. I've had to read and reflect on many points it illustrates. Concepts like scale cube, hexagonal architecture and request/response vs publish/subscribe, though abstract, are explained very well. The information on sagas for dealing with transactions, event-driven systems and testing strategies allow you to come up with convincing architecture for all your teams.

Material on OAuth, API composition, CQRS pattern will be appreciated by even those who have just a few years of development experience - a testimony to the simple language used throughout the book.

A few repetitions could've been avoided in the book.

I'm going to refer to many points in this book in order to get the best out of it. An absolutely in-depth technical book - thanks to the author.… (meer)