Summary

In this chapter, we did a deep dive into various architectural patterns, from monoliths to 4-Tier. In the process, we started to consider how we might start building highly dynamic applications out of microservices, exploring their general advantages in terms of scalability, flexibility, and maintainability. We took a look at the Seneca framework for microservices, whose pattern-based execution model is easy to construct against and follow, particularly when combined with the benefits of autodiscovered mesh services. Jumping into full distributed mode, we deployed serverless Lambda functions with Claudia, using API-Gateway to push a RESTful API into the AWS cloud, with always-on availability and nearly infinite scale at a low cost. With Docker and Kubernetes (with an assist from Minikube), we went deep into how to construct clusters of independent virtual machines, declaring...