Micro Services

I’ve just watch a really good InfoQ video from James Lewis at Thoughtworks. As you might expect from Thoughtworks, it has some stuff about CD, but also some great ideas an building large systems from small, somewhat independent components.

As a brain dump:

• Break complex systems into manageable, independent parts.
• Use HTTP and REST for services (no ESB).
• Don’t worry too much about reuse. It’s a double-edged sword.
• Standard media types, ones that can be consumed both by machines and peoples are great for testing.
• Conway’s Law: arrange your teams to reflect your system’s topology.
• Each team can use the best tech is best suited to their system.
• Not for the first time I’ve heard someone say, use lightweight embedded HTTP server rather than a heavy weight container.