Software Architecture: Breaking a Monolith into Microservices

Learn how to break a monolith application into microservices in this software architecture course.

Introduction

• Embark on a journey to refactor your architecture

1. Understand the Status Quo and the Project Goals

• Welcome to your new role!
• Start with the "why"
• Defining the project scope
• Mapping out the current architecture

2. Splitting Capabilities into Services

• Design mistakes and how to avoid them
• Refactor or rewrite?
• Choosing your first migration target
• Splitting out your first service
• Zero downtime migrations
• Migrating interdependent, complex capabilities
• Providing a migration API layer
• What about the front end?
• Making the final step

3. Required Operational and Organizational Maturity

• It's not just about code: Meet Mr. Conway
• Provide up-to-date API documentation with Swagger
• Streamline cross-team collaboration with Inner Source
• Continuous integration and deployment
• Why you need monitoring from the very start

Conclusion

• Apply your knowledge