Chapter 3: Cloud-Native Architecture Patterns and System Architecture Tenets

So far in the book, we've covered the fundamental principles of a cloud-native architecture as well as the tools in a cloud-native app development pipeline. This chapter is all about the operational best practices that you must adopt in order to create resilient, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications. As a developer, you are perhaps considering skipping this chapter as you're well aware of the design patterns involved in software development. But wait. The reason we've included this important chapter is that design patterns in cloud-native app development are different from traditional software development. More importantly, by the end of this chapter, you'll have a practical understanding of using different design patterns and best practices to address specific development challenges, client needs, and platform requirements.

This chapter is divided into three parts. The first...