Building Services On and Off Rails

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Building Services on and off Rails

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SLIDES AT bit.ly/reverb-soa

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3 TAKEAWAYS

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WHY WRITE SERVICES RECOMMENDED STACK EMBEDDED VS. STANDALONE

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WHY WRITE SERVICES RECOMMENDED STACK EMBEDDED VS. STANDALONE

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WHY WRITE SERVICES RECOMMENDED STACK EMBEDDED VS. STANDALONE

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Yan Pritzker, CTO Reverb.com github.com/skwp @skwp github.com/reverbdev @reverbdotcom

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Yan Pritzker, CTO Reverb.com github.com/skwp @skwp github.com/reverbdev @reverbdotcom On Rails since 2005 (0.13.4)

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RAILS IS EASY

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RAILS IS FUN

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RAILS IS BLOATED

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STARTUP 10-20s

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HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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MONOLITHS

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LOTS OF GEMS

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LOTS OF CONTROLLERS

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LOTS OF MODELS

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LOTS OF LIBS

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LOTS OF DOMAIN

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SOLUTION? SERVICES

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A SERVICE IS...

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BITS OF ISOLATED FUNCTOINALITY

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BEHIND A BIG WALL

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SPEAKING JSON

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WHY?

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SCALE YOUR TEAM

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SCALE DOWNTIME

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SCALE PERFORMANCE

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SCALE PRODUCTIVITY

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SCALE HAPPINESS

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DIVORCE FROM RAILS AND...

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FAST SPECS

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EXPERIMENT WITH FRAMEWORKS

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EXPERIMENT WITH LANGUAGES

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EXPERIMENT WITH ARCHITECTURE

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OUR STACK

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Grape API

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Grape API Roar Representers

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Grape API Roar Representers application/hal+json

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Grape API Roar Representers application/hal+json ActiveRecord

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Grape API Roar Representers application/hal+json Or Something Else

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DEPLOYMENT?

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EMBED IT!

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CREATE THE GEM

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WRITE GRAPE API

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PUT IT ON RAILS

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github.com/reverbdev/chimp Gemified Service Example

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EMBEDDING IS EASY

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AND YOU CAN DEVELOP IN ISOLATION

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BUT IT’S NOT IDEAL

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DEPENDENCY CONFLICTS

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CONSTRAINS RUBY VERSION

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ADDS TO APP BLOAT

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DEPLOY IT STANDALONE!

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THIN / UNICORN

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FOREMAN / UPSTART

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MINA / CAPISTRANO

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REVERB STANDALONE SERVICE SKELETON github.com/reverbdev/service-skeleton

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