From Zero to Hero: From Microservices to Modular Monoliths

Simplify your solution architecture

About This Course

Microservices have been hyped as THE architecture to use for the last decade, but for many applications, they�re not the right choice. In this course, you�ll learn how to assess the microservices architectural style and compare it to the modular monolith approach. Then, you�ll learn how to plan and execute a partial or complete migration from your microservices approach to a modular monolith solution. Such a move will eliminate much of the complexity in deployment, troubleshooting, and observability that plague distributed applications in general and microservices in particular and will likely reduce your overall hosting expense. This high-level, no-code course is designed to assist software architects and technical leaders with planning and successfully implementing partial or complete migration from microservices to a modular monolith architecture.

Course Curriculum

2h 26m 7 sections
Welcome
01:27 Free preview
What will you learn in this course?
01:57 Free preview
Who is the course for and prerequisites
00:48 Free preview
Introducing Microservices Architecture
01:55
Benefits and Challenges
04:31
Use Cases and Suitability
03:32
Microservice Pitfalls and Antipatterns
07:21
Introducing the Modular Monolith Architecture
03:16
Benefits and Challenges
06:19
Comparing Modular Monoliths with Microservices Architecture
03:31
Why Migrate?
03:40
Case Studies and Lessons Learned
09:27
Assessing the Current Microservices-Based Application
07:07
Identifying Seams and Hot Spots
03:31
Documenting Dependencies, Infrastructure
02:22
End State Vision and Decision Records
04:37
Overview
00:51
Identify Services that Won’t Move
02:52
1:1 Microservices to Modules
12:44
Composing Modules from Coupled Microservices
05:05
Withering the Strangler Fig
02:58
Cloud Hosting Considerations
09:47
Reversing Design Patterns
17:57
Basic Risk Management
07:59
Automation
05:35
Document Lessons Learned
07:28
Key Concept Review
05:38
Next Steps and Resources
01:40

Meet Your Instructor

Steve "ardalis" Smith

Steve "ardalis" Smith

Steve "ardalis" Smith is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. He provides mentoring and training workshops for teams with the desire to improve. Steve has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for over 10 consecutive years, and is a frequent speaker at software developer conferences and events. He is the top contributor to the official documentation on ASP.NET Core and enjoys helpings others write maintainable, testable applications using Microsoft's developer tools.

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