Microservices

  1. Designing Microservices
    1. Service Decomposition Strategies
      1. Decomposition by Business Capability
        1. Identifying Core Business Functions
          1. Mapping Capabilities to Services
          2. Decomposition by Subdomain
            1. Subdomain Identification
              1. Context Mapping
              2. Strangler Fig Pattern
                1. Incremental Migration Approach
                  1. Coexistence Strategies
                  2. Decomposition by Verb or Use Case
                    1. Action-Oriented Services
                      1. Use Case Analysis
                    2. Determining Service Granularity
                      1. Factors Influencing Granularity
                        1. Trade-offs in Service Size
                          1. Nano-service Anti-pattern
                            1. Risks of Over-Decomposition
                              1. Identifying Warning Signs
                            2. API Design and Contracts
                              1. API First Design
                                1. Design Before Implementation
                                  1. Stakeholder Collaboration
                                  2. Semantic Versioning
                                    1. Versioning Strategies
                                      1. Backward Compatibility
                                      2. API Documentation
                                        1. OpenAPI Specification
                                          1. Documentation Best Practices

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                                      4. Inter-Service Communication