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Lauren Voswinkel
August 12, 2014
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Nitty Gritty Service Building Lauren Voswinkel @laurenvoswinkel Github: valarissa
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Service! Oriented! Architecture
Service?
Unassociated
Loosely Coupled
Self- Contained
Unit of Functionality
Singularly! Focused! Application
Benefits
Benefits • Asynchronous*
Benefits • Asynchronous* • Parallelize-able
Benefits • Asynchronous* • Parallelize-able • Loose Coupling
Benefits • Asynchronous* • Parallelize-able • Loose Coupling • Faster
Tests*
Benefits • Asynchronous* • Parallelize-able • Loose Coupling • Faster
Tests* • Easier to Extend/Change
Benefits • Asynchronous* • Parallelize-able • Loose Coupling • Faster
Tests* • Easier to Extend/Change • Increased Velocity
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HOW?!
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So many services!
New API,! New Possibilities
Dog Food! Client
Let’s Get! Started
Building a Service 1. Determine what the service will do
Services should do one thing well
Services should do ONE thing well
Building a Service 1. Determine what the Service Does 2.
Create Endpoints for Service
What are the endpoints of your service?
Build Controllers
Determine Request Options
Filters for Response?
Multiple Objects Per Request?
ActiveModel ::Serializers! ! https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers
ActiveModel::Serializers
Write Tests
Write Tests
Contract Your Service Fulfills
Building a Service 1. Determine what the Service Does 2.
Create Endpoints for Service 3. Create Client Models
Don’t Use Plain Responses
WARNING: Evil Magic
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CAUTION:! Great For Rapid- Prototyping…! ! Terrible For! Everything Else
Write Tests
Proof That Service Hasn’t Changed
SonJay! https://github.com/stevecj/son_jay
SonJay
SonJay
Building a Service 1. Determine what the Service Does 2.
Create Endpoints for Service 3. Create Client Models 4. Create Communication Layer
Find a gem
Typhoeus! https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus
Concurrent Requests
WRAP THE GEM
WRAP.! THE.! GEM.
ActiveRecord! 2.3 -> 3.x
BONUS STEP!
Client Models
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Communication! Layer
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Errr…
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Building a Service 1. Determine what the Service Does 2.
Create Endpoints for Service 3. Create Client Models 4. Create Communication Layer 5. Sever Dependencies
Replace DB Calls With Service Calls
Create the Gap
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CAUTION:! Multi-Request! Server Needed
WEBrick- Wall
Building a Service 1. Determine what the Service Does 2.
Create Endpoints for Service 3. Create Client Models 4. Create Communication Layer 5. Sever Dependencies 6. Improve Service Performance
Round-Trip > DB Call
Tools
StackProf! https://github.com/tmm1/stackprof! ! (Ruby 2.1+)
PerfTools.rb! https://github.com/tmm1/perftools.rb! ! (All Other Rubies)
PerfTools
PerfTools
PerfTools
PerfTools
Building a Service 1. Determine what the service will do
2. Create Endpoints for Service 3. Create Client Models 4. Create Communication Layer 5. Sever Dependencies 6. Improve Performance 7. Transfer Client and/or Service
Extract! From Original Codebase
Extract Tables/ Database
Figure Out How To Keep Multiple Databases In Sync
…
Please?
I have no clue how to do that part…
Give a talk on that maybe?
Thanks!
Lauren Voswinkel @laurenvoswinkel