Summary
In this chapter, we discussed some of the challenges that we may face when designing and implementing microservice-based applications using NATS as the messaging layer. We looked at some of the ways that we could address those challenges and make sure that our microservice-based applications, as well as the overall enterprise platforms, are designed and implemented properly. Then, we went through some of the newer developments happening in the microservice architecture, where we looked at service meshes, the saga pattern, and serverless platforms. After that, we discussed some of the new features that have been introduced with the NATS platform recently. Specifically, we discussed the JetStream capability, which allows us to build applications that require higher message delivery guarantees than the core NATS server, which we discussed in the previous chapters.
We demonstrated the key capabilities of JetStream by trying out a few examples. Then, we discussed how we can improve...