Summary

If this chapter has achieved the aim we set for it, you should be able to better strategize your ShardingSphere integration with your databases.

Being an ecosystem that has quickly grown to include not only multiple features but multiple clients and deployment possibilities as well, ShardingSphere may seem challenging at first.

While this is absolutely not the case, and while we built this project to simplify database management, the size of the project in itself merits clarification. Thanks to this chapter, we hope that you will be able to better plan your approach to integrating ShardingSphere and make informed decisions.

Nevertheless, at this point, we are still talking about theory, so you may be wondering about the last step of putting theory into practice.

You will find that the next chapter is perfectly tied in with the use cases you have encountered here. Starting with the first section, you will find real-world examples combining multiple features. You...