You're reading from System Design Guide for Software Professionals Build scalable solutions – from fundamental concepts to cracking top tech company interviews

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805124993

Length 384 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Application Development

Authors (2):

Dhirendra Sinha

Tejas Chopra

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Foundations of System Design

2. Chapter 1: Basics of System Design FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Distributed System Attributes

4. Chapter 3: Distributed Systems Theorems and Data Structures

5. Part 2: Core Components of Distributed Systems

6. Chapter 4: Distributed Systems Building Blocks: DNS, Load Balancers, and Application Gateways

7. Chapter 5: Design and Implementation of System Components –Databases and Storage

8. Chapter 6: Distributed Cache

9. Chapter 7: Pub/Sub and Distributed Queues

10. Part 3: System Design in Practice

11. Chapter 8: Design and Implementation of System Components: API, Security, and Metrics

12. Chapter 9: System Design – URL Shortener

13. Chapter 10: System Design – Proximity Service

14. Chapter 11: Designing a Service Like Twitter

15. Chapter 12: Designing a Service Like Instagram

16. Chapter 13: Designing a Service Like Google Docs

17. Chapter 14: Designing a Service Like Netflix

18. Chapter 15: Tips for Interviewees

19. Chapter 16: System Design Cheat Sheet

20. Index

Design and Implementation of System Components: API, Security, and Metrics

In the realm of software engineering, the design and implementation of system components play a pivotal role in determining the efficiency, reliability, and scalability of a system. This chapter delves into the intricacies of key system components, namely APIs (with a focus on REST and gRPC), API security, logging, metrics, alerting, and tracing in a distributed system. The objective is to provide a comprehensive understanding of these components, their design principles, and their contribution to the overall performance of a system.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) serve as the communication bridge between different software components. They have become increasingly important in today’s world of microservices and distributed systems. This chapter will provide an in-depth exploration of REST and gRPC APIs, two popular approaches to building APIs, each with its unique strengths and suitable...