You're reading from MuleSoft Platform Architect's Guide A practical guide to using Anypoint Platform's capabilities to architect, deliver, and operate APIs

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805126188

Length 498 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Catalyst

Concepts

CRM

Authors (2):

Jim Andrews

Jitendra Bafna

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: What is the MuleSoft Platform? FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 2: Platform Foundation Components and the Underlying Architecture

3. Chapter 3: Leveraging Catalyst and the MuleSoft Knowledge Hub

4. Chapter 4: An Introduction to Application Networks

5. Chapter 5: Speeding with Accelerators

6. Chapter 6: Aligning Desired Business Outcomes to Functional Requirements

7. Chapter 7: Microservices, Application Networks, EDA, and API-led Design

8. Chapter 8: Non-Functional Requirements Influence in Shaping the API Architecture

9. Chapter 9: Hassle-free Deployment with Anypoint iPaaS (CloudHub 1.0)

10. Chapter 10: Hassle-Free Deployment with Anypoint iPaaS (CloudHub 2.0)

11. Chapter 11: Containerizing the Runtime Plane with Runtime Fabric

12. Chapter 12: Deploying to Your Own Data Center

13. Chapter 13: Government Cloud and the EU Control Plane – Special Considerations

14. Chapter 14: Functional Monitoring, Alerts, and Operation Monitors

15. Chapter 15: Controlling API Sprawl with Universal API Management

16. Chapter 16: Addressing Non-Functional Requirements – from a Thought to an Operation

17. Chapter 17: Prepare for Success

18. Chapter 18: Tackling Tricky Topics

19. Index

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