In Chapter 1, Platform Overview, we looked at the key building blocks that make up the API Platform Cloud Service (APIP CS). In this chapter, we will look at a use case that will be used to illustrate the rest of the book. Each of the subsequent chapters will look at different aspects of the APIP CS and illustrate how they can be applied to address the needs of this use case. The use case itself is fictional, however it is inspired by those real-world problems, which the authors have been involved in helping clients overcome them.
In addition to looking at the use case, we will introduce you to some architectural and design ideas, particularly a reference model, which the authors of this book have contributed, called Open Modern Enterprise Software Architecture Project (or OMESA for short).
