Code Samples and Software Requirements

Good explanations come with effective code examples. To truly experience key patterns of microservices architectures, we built an extensive sample application to demonstrate microservices concepts discussed throughout the book. The individual services are written in different languages (Node.js, Go, ASP.NET5) using different data stores (mySQL, Elasticsearch, block storage). The infrastructure uses Docker hub as a service registry and the Microsoft Azure Container service for cluster management and orchestration of the services.

The sample application is available on GitHub at https://github.com/flakio/flakio.github.io.

We hope you enjoy building containerized microservices applications as much as we enjoyed writing about them.

—Boris, Trent, Dan