Better Monoliths — Modulithic Applications with Spring Boot
summary
Compares modular monoliths as a pragmatic alternative to microservices for implementing Bounded Contexts, and identifies common causes of degeneration in monolithic modularity and maintainability. Discusses concrete approaches for code organization, component structure, package design, transaction handling and event-based interaction between contexts, and explains Spring Boot features and ecosystem tools to enforce modular architecture over time and ease a future split into multiple systems.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to monoliths
- 1:27Monolith vs microservices
- 6:01Modulithic design goals
- 12:22Package conventions for modules
- 23:21Module test support
- 33:11Event-based dependencies
- 43:10Module visualization
- 51:36Alternatives to moduliths
- 57:50Summary and outlook
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