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Design Patterns and Best Practices in Java

You're reading from   Design Patterns and Best Practices in Java A comprehensive guide to building smart and reusable code in Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463593
Length 280 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kamalmeet Singh Kamalmeet Singh
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Lucian-Paul Torje Lucian-Paul Torje
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Sumith Kumar Puri Sumith Kumar Puri
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Adrian Ianculescu Adrian Ianculescu
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Preface 1. From Object-Oriented to Functional Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Creational Patterns 3. Behavioral Patterns 4. Structural Patterns 5. Functional Patterns 6. Let's Get Reactive 7. Reactive Design Patterns 8. Trends in Application Architecture 9. Best Practices in Java 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Microservices-based Architecture


Microservices-based architecture, as the name suggests, recommends dividing your services into a fine-grained level. There are different schools of thoughts when it comes to microservices; some will argue that it is just a fancy name for service-oriented architecture. We can definitely consider microservices as an extension of service-oriented architecture, but there are many features that make microservices different.

Micorservices take service-oriented architecture to the next level. SOA thinks of services at a feature level, whereas microservices take it to a task level. For example, if we have an email service for sending and receiving emails, we can have microservices such as a spell check, spam filter, and so on, each of which handles one specialized task.

An important differentiating factor that the concept of microservices brings in, with respect to SOA, is the fact that each microservice should be independently testable and deployable. Although these...

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