Rules to Better Microservices

There are two common types of application architecture:

• Monoliths (aka N-Tier applications)
• Microservices

Monoliths have their place. They are easy to get going and often make a lot of sense when you are starting out. However, sometimes your app may grow in size and become difficult to maintain. Then you might want to consider Microservices...

Microservice architectures consist of a number of components

When building distributed applications messaging is a common pattern to use. Often we might take a hard dependency on a specific messaging technology, such as Azure Service Bus or RabbitMQ. This can make it difficult to change messaging technologies in the future. Good architecture is about making decisions that make things easy to change in future. This is where MassTransit comes in.

MassTransit is a popular open-source .NET library that makes it easy to build distributed applications using messaging without tying you to one specific messaging technology.

When writing a large scale enterprise application you want to make sure you only have to write it once. Choosing the right software architecture for your system is crucial for its long term success and maintainability. The right software architecture will allow your software application will scale too meet new requirements. Choosing the wrong software architecture can turn adding new features and maintaining your code into an increasingly frustrating exercise in futility.

Microservice architecture poses some unique challenges that can often trip up even the most experienced development teams. One of the hairiest problems is creating well-defined boundaries between your services, and the ideal Microservice architecture often differs from what was originally drawn on the whiteboard. So how do you tell if you got it right?

You've just started on a microservices-based project. You're excited to dive in, but quickly find yourself lost in a maze of undocumented services. There's no clear way to run or debug the microservices locally, and you're left guessing how to configure your environment. The lack of comprehensive documentation means you spend hours piecing together information from various sources, and every small change requires a tedious setup process. The frustration mounts as you encounter integration issues with other microservices, and there's no one-stop guide to help you troubleshoot. This chaotic environment not only hampers your productivity but also dampens your morale.

So how can you prevent these problems?