Role of domain-driven design
Domain-driven design (DDD) is like our native language, allowing us to communicate effectively with the local inhabitants of each cloud environment. DDD is an approach to software development that focuses on understanding the business domain, its problems, and its complexities. It emphasizes creating a model of the domain, implementing it as code, and constantly refining it based on feedback from domain experts.
In the context of a multi-cloud environment, DDD helps break down a complex system into more manageable parts called bounded contexts. These bounded contexts can be seen as individual territories on our map, each with its unique culture (domain logic) and language (APIs).
Figure 3.12 represents a DDD for an e-commerce website. The main domain is e-commerce, which is responsible for managing product information, orders, and customer data. Payment, offer, customer, and shipping are subdomains. Each subdomain is further divided into services...
