Chapter 2: Core Concepts and Patterns of EDA

In this section

• 2.1 Events and Event Types
  • Defining Events in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the fundamental concept of events in Event-Driven Architecture, their types, structure, origin, lifecycle, and significance in decoupling system components and enabling real-time processing.
  • Domain Events vs. Integration Events: Understanding Key Differences in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the distinctions between domain events and integration events in event-driven architecture, including their definitions, use cases, and design considerations.
  • Event Payloads and Metadata in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the intricacies of event payloads and metadata in event-driven architecture, focusing on design, schema, and security considerations.
• 2.2 Event Producers and Consumers
  • Roles and Responsibilities in Event-Driven Architecture: Understanding Producers and Consumers
    Explore the critical roles and responsibilities of event producers and consumers in Event-Driven Architecture, emphasizing their interactions, scalability, and error handling mechanisms.
  • Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Communication in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the differences between synchronous and asynchronous communication in event-driven systems, including their benefits, challenges, and use cases.
  • Designing Reliable Producers and Consumers in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore strategies for designing reliable event producers and consumers in event-driven architecture, focusing on delivery guarantees, idempotency, retry mechanisms, and monitoring.
• 2.3 Event Channels and Brokers
  • Message Brokers Overview: Essential Components of Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the role of message brokers in event-driven architecture, their core functions, types, benefits, and integration strategies. Learn about popular brokers like Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ, and discover how to choose the right broker for your system.
  • Publish-Subscribe Mechanisms in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the Publish-Subscribe pattern in Event-Driven Architecture, its components, benefits, challenges, and best practices for implementation.
  • Point-to-Point Messaging in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the Point-to-Point Messaging model in Event-Driven Architecture, focusing on its components, implementation, advantages, challenges, and best practices.
• 2.4 Key EDA Design Patterns
  • Event Notification in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the Event Notification pattern in Event-Driven Architecture, including its definition, use cases, implementation steps, advantages, challenges, and best practices.
  • Event-Carried State Transfer in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the Event-Carried State Transfer pattern in Event-Driven Architecture, its use cases, design strategies, and best practices for ensuring data consistency and handling large state changes.
  • Request-Reply Pattern in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the Request-Reply pattern in Event-Driven Architecture, its use cases, implementation strategies, and best practices for effective integration.
  • Competing Consumers Pattern in Event-Driven Architecture
    Explore the Competing Consumers pattern in Event-Driven Architecture, focusing on load balancing, scalability, and reliability for processing messages efficiently.