In this day long class, you’ll learn everything you need to build microservices for the real world. You’ll learn both the nuts-and bolts implementation details and also the Agile Architecture techniques you need to develop effective service APIs and good structure.

Server-side monoliths (single programs that provide all back-end services) just don’t work. They are hard to build, impossible to maintain, difficult to test and deploy, and gradually accrete so much baggage that forward development slows to a crawl. Agile development is impossible over this sort of system.

Microservices – systems of small, co-operating server-side agents – solve these problems, but building a microservice system is not as easy as you might think. They’re nothing like typical web (SOA) services, and getting it wrong is both disastrous and expensive. Many things you think you know about server-side programming are just inappropriate in this context.

This class is a deep dive into practical microservice architecture and implementation. You’ll learn lots of practical details and common pitfalls that can cause you months of delay or even outright failure. You’ll learn everything you need to be successful building platform-independent, vendor and language neutral microservice systems. You’ll learn about optimal microservice architecture and principles, appropriate service-API and UI design, effective interservice communication, and robust failure-handling techniques. Leverage this knowledge to build robust and resilient, secure, platform-independent services with no false starts and rework.