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Microservices with Azure

By : Rahul Rai, Namit Tanasseri
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Microservices with Azure

By: Rahul Rai, Namit Tanasseri

Overview of this book

Microsoft Azure is rapidly evolving and is widely used as a platform on which you can build Microservices that can be deployed on-premise and on-cloud heterogeneous environments through Microsoft Azure Service Fabric. This book will help you understand the concepts of Microservice application architecture and build highly maintainable and scalable enterprise-grade applications using the various services in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric. We will begin by understanding the intricacies of the Microservices architecture and its advantages over the monolithic architecture and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles. We will present various scenarios where Microservices should be used and walk you through the architectures of Microservice-based applications. Next, you will take an in-depth look at Microsoft Azure Service Fabric, which is the best–in-class platform for building Microservices. You will explore how to develop and deploy sample applications on Microsoft Azure Service Fabric to gain a thorough understanding of it. Building Microservice-based application is complicated. Therefore, we will take you through several design patterns that solve the various challenges associated with realizing the Microservices architecture in enterprise applications. Each pattern will be clearly illustrated with examples that you can keep referring to when designing applications. Finally, you will be introduced to advanced topics such as Serverless computing and DevOps using Service Fabric, to help you undertake your next venture with confidence.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Part 1 – Laying The Foundation
Part 2 – Microsoft Azure Service Fabric
Part 3 – Microservice Architecture Patterns
Part 4 – Supplementary Learning

Applying a pattern


Once you have selected a pattern to apply to your architecture, you should remodel it to fit your scenario. Due to unique nature of every application, you will need to apply diligence during the process of transforming a pattern to fit your scenario. Let's study the types of variations that you need to consider before applying a pattern to your scenario.

Structural variation

A pattern is not just an interconnection of components. The various components used in a pattern play a distinct role. These roles may be different from the requirements of your scenario. Let's consider the well-known observer design pattern, an observer may receive events from multiple sources or a single source. Also, the observer class may play the role of an observer in one relationship and the role of a subject in another. Therefore, you would need to remodel the observer pattern to fit in the scenario that you are trying to address.

The architecture patterns presented later in the book can be remodeled...