{"id":511,"date":"2015-05-11T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architester.com\/blog\/?p=511"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:52:19","slug":"microservices-presentation-from-keep-austin-agile-2015-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/architester.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/11\/microservices-presentation-from-keep-austin-agile-2015-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Microservices Presentation from Keep Austin Agile 2015 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday I gave this presentation on Microservices at the Keep Austin Agile 2015 conference in Austin, TX. Below you will find the video and slides as well. <\/p>\n<p>I presented <a href=\"http:\/\/martinfowler.com\/articles\/microservices.html\" target=\"_blank\">Microservices<\/a> as a solution that solves some very difficult problems, but it does so by swapping those problems of some other problems that are easier to solve. To use Microservices, your organization <a href=\"http:\/\/martinfowler.com\/bliki\/MicroservicePrerequisites.html\" target=\"_blank\">has to be mature enough<\/a> to solve the problems Microservices introduce. <a href=\"http:\/\/highscalability.com\/blog\/2014\/4\/8\/microservices-not-a-free-lunch.html\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s not a &#8220;free lunch&#8221;<\/a> as Benjamin Wootten would say.  I cover several patterns and practices that help in solving these problems, as well as common anti-patterns and pitfalls that I have fallen into.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127506703\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/127506703\">Microservices &#8211; Practices, Patterns &amp; Pitfalls<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/chrisedwards\">Chris Edwards<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The full HD <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/chrisedwards\/microservices\" title=\"Video on Vimeo\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> is hosted on Vimeo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/architester.com\/media\/Microservices%20Slides%20-%20Chris%20Edwards.pdf\" title=\"Slides as a PDF\" target=\"_blank\">Slides as a PDF<\/a> (20MB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The audio quality is pretty bad. For some reason, my laptop wasn&#8217;t set to record audio, so I had to use the audio from my back-up recorder&#8230;but it&#8217;s not that great. My apologies.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some useful resources (that were in the presentation) to learn more on Microservices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/martinfowler.com\/articles\/microservices.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Microservices Article<\/a> By James Lewis &#038; Martin Fowler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.oreilly.com\/product\/0636920033158.do\" target=\"_blank\">Building Microservices: Designing Fine Grained Systems<\/a> by Sam Newman &#8211; This is the most comprehensive book on the topic.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/12factor.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Twelve-Factor App<\/a> &#8211; A set of design principles on microservice-style architecture from Heroku<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/highscalability.com\/blog\/2014\/4\/8\/microservices-not-a-free-lunch.html\" target=\"_blank\">Microservices: Not a Free Lunch<\/a> &#8211; Article by Benjamin Wootten about the costs of using Microservices<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/book\/mnee\/release-it\" target=\"_blank\">Release It!<\/a> by Michael T. Nygard &#8211; Great book on stability patterns to keep software running in the face of failure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday I gave this presentation on Microservices at the Keep Austin Agile 2015 conference in Austin, TX. Below you will find the video and slides as well. 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