The term reactive is widely used in the definition of MSAs.
But what is a reactive architecture based on? The definition of reactive is to give an answer after a stimulus. Reactive software is, therefore, able to adapt its behavior and react to receive stimuli.
To build a reactive architecture for microservices, the following models must be combined:
- Reactive programming: A development model based on the observation of streams of data, which provides a way to react to their changes and propagate them toward other actors
- Reactive system: An architectural model that is used to build robust and highly reactive distributed systems based on asynchronous communication using messages
The definition of a reactive system was formalized, in version 2.0, in September 2014 through the reactive manifesto (https://www.reactivemanifesto.org/). The...