Distributed Systems and Microservices topics
10 short topics in Distributed Systems and Microservices. Each one is a single focused exercise with a clear piece of evidence at the end.
10 topics, one exercise each.
Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.
These are draft topic outlines (draft; instructor review pending). Full lessons follow after review; ask Ajay if you need a topic sooner.
- 01
Service boundary design
Simulate Service boundary design in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 02
Service discovery
Simulate Service discovery in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 03
Distributed consistency models
Simulate Distributed consistency models in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 04
CAP tradeoffs
Simulate CAP tradeoffs in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 05
Consensus fundamentals
Simulate Consensus fundamentals in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 06
Distributed transactions and sagas
Simulate Distributed transactions and sagas in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 07
Circuit breakers
Simulate Circuit breakers in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 08
Timeouts retries and backoff
Simulate Timeouts retries and backoff in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 09
Distributed coordination and leases
Simulate Distributed coordination and leases in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course → - 10
Versioned inter-service contracts
Simulate Versioned inter-service contracts in Three-service order saga simulation; exercise a normal and a failure scenario and observe state changes.
Open micro-course →
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