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What will you learn in this course?
Who is the course for and prerequisites
Getting Started: Microservices Architecture
Learn the basics of microservices architecture in this course. Understand the key concepts, design patterns, and techniques for building scalable, modular systems.
About This Course
Embark on a journey with 'Getting Started with Microservices Architecture' meticulously crafted by James Eastham, a Solution Architect at AWS. This course is your gateway to mastering the intricacies of microservices architecture, a pivotal skill in today's tech landscape. James, with his extensive real-world experience, delves deep into the fundamentals of microservices, ensuring a solid foundation for learners of all levels.
This course is designed not only to impart theoretical knowledge but also to equip you with practical skills, essential for navigating the complexities of modern software development.
Whether you're a budding developer, an aspiring architect, or a seasoned professional, this course offers valuable insights into the modular world of microservices. By the end of this course, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of how microservices operate, how they enhance scalability and flexibility, and why they're a preferred choice for contemporary applications.
Join James Eastham in this enlightening journey, and unlock the door to a new realm of architectural possibilities.
Course Curriculum
5h 21m 9 sections
The Monolith
Service Oriented Architecture
Microservices
Finding Microservice Boundaries
Key Concepts of Microservices
The Good and the Bad of Microservices
The Fallacies of Distributed Computing
Are microservices right for you?
Coupling
Understanding microservice boundaries
Sharing Data
Microservice Communication - Synchronous
Microservice Communication - Asynchronous
Dealing with Consistency
Microservice Deployment
Code sharing
Service Discovery
Optimize for rate of change
3.11How big is a microservice?
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Shared Data
Request/Response
Publish/Subscribe
Point to Point Integrations
Event Driven Architecture
Streaming & Batch Processing
Distributed transactions
Choosing the right communication method
Integrating with external services
API First Design
Everything fails all the time
Handling failures in microservices
Timeouts and retries
Circuit breakers
Bulkheads
Understanding idempotency
Vertical vs horizontal scaling
Caching
Chaos engineering and planning for failure
Optimize for feedback loops
Types of testing
Unit testing
Integration Testing
End to end tests, yes or no?
Testing in production
6.7
Containers or serverless?
The Basics of CI/CD
Deploy vs release
Canaries & Blue Green Deployments
Feature flagging
Observability vs monitoring
Distributed tracing
Log aggregation
Metrics
Alerting
Service Level Objectives
Conways Law
The Human Side of Microservices
Team Topologies
What about the frontend?
Shift left and autonomy
Meet Your Instructor
James Eastham
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