This book was not meant to be an exhaustive guide on every single gritty detail of NServiceBus, let alone the theories of service-oriented architecture that are the underpinnings of its architecture. Instead, this book has aimed to be more of a guide to the essentials that will give you a running start so that you can create your own reliable distributed systems as quickly as possible.

As a result of this approach, there is more to learn, but let's pause for a moment to take stock of what we have covered in these pages.