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Derek Comartin

Thin vs Fat Integration Events

When notifying other parts of a system of state changes I recommend creating integration events (also referred to as notifications). They are really low coupling because the producer doesn’t care who the consumers are. They simply publish integration events to a message broker and go on their merry way. Loosely Coupled Monolith This blog post is apart of a series of posts I’ve created around Loosely Coupled Monoliths. Although not specific to a monolith as this blog post applies to many architectures including microservices. Loosely Coupled Monolith Overview Solution & Project Structure YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I… Read More »Thin vs Fat Integration Events

Solution & Project Structure of a Loosely Coupled Monolith

Here’s how you can create a solution and project structure to develop a loosely coupled monolith using a .NET Solution with C# Projects. Each boundary is in a solutions folder with 3 projects. Implementation, Contracts, and Tests. All of which are class libraries. The two top-level executable projects, AspNetCore and Worker are console applications that reference the implementation projects. Loosely Coupled Monolith This blog post is apart of a series of posts I’ve created around Loosely Coupled Monoliths. Loosely Coupled Monolith Overview Thin vs Fat Events YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that… Read More »Solution & Project Structure of a Loosely Coupled Monolith

Loosely Coupled Monolith

With microservices all the rage over the past decade or so, there has been little attention paid to how to develop a Loosely Coupled Monolith. Both microservices and monoliths have their strengths and weaknesses. The intent of this blog and video series is not to debate the use of one or the other but rather to illustrate how you can develop a loosely coupled monolith. What the benefits come from a loosely coupled monolith and some of the drawbacks. Loosely Coupled Monolith This blog post is apart of a series of posts I’ve created around Loosely Coupled Monoliths. Solution &… Read More »Loosely Coupled Monolith