Migrating From Monolith To Modern Modular Monolith Applications in .NET
🛠️ Workshop Overview
Not every application needs to be broken into microservices. A modular monolith offers a balanced approach, combining the simplicity of a monolith with the maintainability and scalability of modular design. This workshop will guide you through refactoring a traditional monolithic application into a modern modular monolith using .NET. You’ll learn how to structure your application into modules, reduce coupling, and improve maintainability without the complexity of distributed systems.
📚 Topics
- Introduction to Monoliths and Modular Monoliths
- Understanding the limitations of traditional monolithic architectures
- What is a modular monolith, and when should you use it?
- Benefits of modular monoliths over traditional monoliths and microservices
- How Modular Monoliths Simplify the transition to microservices
- Designing a Modular Monolith
- Principles of modular design: cohesion, separation of concerns, and loose coupling
- Identifying modules and defining boundaries
- Organizing code and projects for modularity
- Refactoring a Monolith to a Modular Monolith
- Incremental refactoring strategies
- Decoupling dependencies between modules
- Managing shared resources and cross-cutting concerns
- Preparing for microservices: minimizing dependencies and ensuring clear module boundaries
- Implementing Modular Monoliths in .NET
- Structuring .NET solutions for modularity
- Using dependency injection to manage module dependencies
- Communication patterns between modules: in-process and lightweight messaging
- Testing and Maintaining Modular Monoliths
- Writing unit and integration tests for modular applications
- Managing database schemas and migrations in a modular monolith
- Versioning and evolving modules over time
- Advanced Topics
- Scaling modular monoliths for performance
- Integrating with external systems and APIs
- Best practices for deploying and monitoring modular monoliths
- Hands-On Implementation
- Lab 1: Identifying modules in a monolith
- Lab 2: Refactoring a monolith into a modular monolith
- Lab 3: Structuring a .NET solution for modularity
- Lab 4: Testing and deploying a modular monolith
🎓 Outcomes
- Understand the principles and benefits of modular monoliths
- Be able to refactor a traditional monolith into a modular monolith using .NET
- Know how to design and structure modular applications for maintainability and scalability
- Gain hands-on experience with dependency injection, testing, and deployment
- Learn best practices for maintaining and evolving modular monoliths
🕒 Length: 2-3 days
📩 Contact Me
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