The latest articles on DEV Community by Akshansh Shrivastava (@akshansh_shrivastava_b0d2). https://dev.to/akshansh_shrivastava_b0d2 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1574318%2Fa7106bc2-a42c-4aae-a500-8b25ecbace27.png https://dev.to/akshansh_shrivastava_b0d2 en Akshansh Shrivastava Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:30:15 +0000 https://dev.to/akshansh_shrivastava_b0d2/here-are-14-essential-design-principles-for-microservices-21c7 https://dev.to/akshansh_shrivastava_b0d2/here-are-14-essential-design-principles-for-microservices-21c7 <ol> <li><p>Interface Segregation: Different types of clients (e.g., mobile apps, web apps, CLI programs) should be able to interact with services through the contract that best suits their needs.</p></li> <li><p>Deployability: In the microservice era, developers need to make critical design decisions and technology choices regarding packaging, deploying, and running microservices.</p></li> <li><p>Event-Driven: Services should be modeled to be activated by asynchronous messages or events instead of synchronous calls.</p></li> <li><p>Availability Over Consistency: End users often value the availability of the system over strong data consistency, and they are okay with eventual consistency.</p></li> <li><p>Loose Coupling: Microservices should not have a tight dependency on each other to ensure scalability and ease of deployment.</p></li> <li><p>Single Responsibility: Each microservice should have a single, well-defined responsibility and should only communicate with other microservices to accomplish tasks.</p></li> <li><p>Decentralized Data Management: Each microservice should manage its data without relying on other microservices to ensure scalability and reliability.</p></li> <li><p>API-Driven Design: Microservices should be designed around APIs, with each service exposing a well-defined set of APIs for communication with other services.</p></li> <li><p>Statelessness: Microservices should be stateless, meaning they should not maintain any client-specific state between requests.</p></li> <li><p>Independent and Autonomous/Self-Governing Services: Each microservice should be self-contained and operate independently of all other services in an application.</p></li> <li><p>API Aggregation: Microservices should be designed to aggregate APIs for communication with other services.</p></li> <li><p>Flexibility: Microservices should be designed to be flexible and adaptable to changing requirements.</p></li> <li><p>Scalability: Microservices should be designed to scale independently and handle increased load.</p></li> <li><p>Constant Monitoring and Failure Isolation/Resilience: Microservices should be constantly monitored and designed to isolate failures to ensure the overall system remains available and resilient.</p></li> </ol> <p>These principles help ensure that microservices are designed to be scalable, reliable, and maintainable, making them essential for building robust and efficient microservices-based applications.</p> webdev beginners programming tutorial