Tag: javazone

A kind of Microservices reading list

Post author By anderssv
Post date September 12, 2014
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I’ve been working with Microservices for the last couple of years. It was kind of an uncharted territory back when we started. But the attention on the net and in the community has increased a lot over the past year and this spring and summer brought quite a few sobering experience reports. It is definitely not failing, but there are some real considerations to be aware of, and some of them are quite major non-technical issues. Culture and organisation needs to be changed to support working in a highly distributed manner with Microservices.

So if you’re considering Microservices, you’ll be in for an exciting ride. For many it makes sense, but do read these articles and watch the videos to make sure you don’t just make a gigantic leap of faith. Being prepared for the issues will help you move forward when the going gets tough. 🙂

So here we go:

Martin Fowler has been writing a series of articles about Microservices. You can find them under the tag here: http://martinfowler.com/tags/microservices.html
Richard Clayton has suffered through a lot of issues, but come out on top. 🙂 https://rclayton.silvrback.com/failing-at-microservices
The guys at Contino has also seen many common issues with a great summary. http://contino.co.uk/microservices-not-a-free-lunch/
It has become quite apparent to most people that Microservices and DevOps (full automation, not a team) is closely related. Here’s a great high level introduction to DevOps: https://medium.com/@donaldguy/what-is-devops-1150f318a567
A thorough introduction to the concept of Microservices. A bit basic, but if you’re new to the concept it’s worth the read. http://www.infoq.com/articles/microservices-intro

And if you have only two hours, watch these videos. A very clear message by two very good speakers:

Continuous Delivery for Architects, Neal Ford at JavaZone 2014 – https://vimeo.com/105751212
Practical Considerations for Microservice Architectures, Sam Newman at JavaZone 2014 – https://vimeo.com/105751281

If you’re Norwegian speaking you might also want to check out our talk about our experiences at my current client: https://vimeo.com/album/1807533/video/105777592 .

Let me know what I’ve missed. 🙂

Tags architecture, continious delivery, devops, javazone, microservices

Development

JavaZone talk: The Elevator Pitch

Post author By anderssv
Post date August 3, 2010
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So I got my talk accepted for JavaZone this year (Norwegian description and link). Scary and exciting. 🙂

I’ve got lot’s to say but structuring it all is hard, so I’m reading up on an article about presenting that I got from my brother. One of the first things it says to to is define the elevator pitch. So here goes.

Integration is too complex, and it need not be. Make integration an every day thing by adhering to simple and clear principles. Trying to use technology to buy your way out of it will only add complexity and solve very few of your real problems.

I might try to develop other parts of the talk here too. This is just a draft, I’d love any viewpoints. Thanks. 🙂

Tags integration, javazone, talk

Development

My Javazone talks

My JavaZone talks are available. Sorry, only in Norwegian. I’ve scanned through them and I’m fairly satisfied with the performance. Looks like the Rules engine talk doesn’t have video of us up on the stage. Not sure what happened.

I’ll have to go through them for a little retrospective later. Let me know if you have some feedback.

Here they are:

Smidig utrulling: http://tcs.java.no/tcs/?id=2E72A3F8-CD11-4C5C-A29A-63EB3E95149F
Rules engines vs. domain logic: http://tcs.java.no/tcs/?id=8E55C6BE-7CB5-4BEA-AB67-30B5FF6D4585

Tags agile, deploy, Java, javazone, rules engine, talk