Beyond REST: Service Communication Alternatives

It is a common practice within the Microservices world to focus more about what's between the boxes rather than what's inside the boxes (the boxes in this case being services). While REST seems to be a common choice for service communication, it is important to know and understand the other service communication options available and the capabilities those alternatives provide. In this session I will explore other interesting and viable options for service communication, including Redis, ZeroMQ, IronMQ, Kestrel, and ElasticMQ.

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Mark Richards

About Mark Richards

Mark Richards is an experienced, hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of microservices architectures, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems. He has been in the software industry since 1983 and has significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. Mark is the founder of DeveloperToArchitect.com, a website devoted to helping developers in the journey to software architect. He is the author of numerous technical books and videos, including the recently published Fundamentals of Software Architecture, Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls, Microservices vs. SOA, the Software Architecture Fundamentals video series, The Enterprise Messaging video series, Java Message Service, 2nd Edition, and contributing author to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. Mark has a master’s degree in computer science and is a regular conference speaker at the No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) Symposium Series. He has spoken at hundreds of conferences and user groups around the world on a variety of enterprise-related technical topics.

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