Gateway Aggregation Pattern

I wanna share some information about a pattern that is particularly interesting when you have an infrastructure composed of an API Gateway, some backend services (such as when working with a Microservices architecture) and a set of Frontend application consumers. Intent This pattern addresses those situations when a Request Aggregation is required but it is … Continue reading Gateway Aggregation Pattern

Conform HTTP semantics in ASP.NET Core Web API

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A lot of the times, when you are creating or consuming a Web API, you know in advance that there are a lot of standards and best practices to follow. You must take into consideration the architectural aspects of your API, the communication mechanism that are in place, the number of calls or aggregations you … Continue reading Conform HTTP semantics in ASP.NET Core Web API

Implement Health Check in ASP.NET Core services

Given the nature of distributed applications, such as microservices, we as developers, devops engineers or software architects must implement tools and policies that enable us to monitor how good or bad our services are performing. It is the essence of a well established solution to have a very good understanding and monitor of all pieces … Continue reading Implement Health Check in ASP.NET Core services

Microservices: Architecture for Containerized .NET Applications notes

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Recently I finished the book ".NET Microservices: Architecture for Containerized .NET Applications". I have to admit that it was a quite impressive content. It covers, not only the Microsoft products details offer when developing and architecting microservices with containers and deploying them in Azure. It also expand to technology-agnostic details about patterns and practices when … Continue reading Microservices: Architecture for Containerized .NET Applications notes

Microservices misconceptions

Microservices Misconceptions

It is a fact that Microservices are a tendency nowadays within the Software Development Industry. It has changed, not only the way we architect and write software, but how our teams are structured. Among many other benefits, having some technology independence between services, dedicated teams for specific business domain areas, scale and deployment independence make … Continue reading Microservices misconceptions