DDD for Distributed Systems
In the previous chapter, we built a microservice from scratch. The microservice we built communicated with another microservice in a synchronous fashion to attain some data to allow it to fulfill a business requirement. In this chapter, we are going to explore some other patterns for how microservices might communicate and share data as part of a larger distributed system. We will cover some patterns that have become synonymous with domain-driven design (DDD), such as Command and Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) and event-driven architecture (EDA). However, we will also cover some general distributed system concepts such as message buses and resilient patterns. These are not strictly domain-driven concepts but are complementary nonetheless and are certainly useful.
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:
- What do we mean by a distributed system?
- What are CQRS and EDA?
- What is event sourcing...
