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You can use this page to email David Boyne about EDA Visuals: Small bite sized visuals about event-driven architectures.
About the Book
EDA Visuals is a collection of visual explanations about event-driven architecture (EDA).
Designed to make EDA concepts accessible and memorable, the book covers a wide range of topics, from foundational principles to advanced topics.
Each concept is distilled into clear, actionable visuals that simplify learning and spark deeper understanding.
This book is to give you a quick overview of each section with resources to dive deeper in your own time.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find:
1. Foundations of Event-Driven Architecture
- What is EDA?
- Key components: producers, consumers, and brokers.
- Event types: commands, queries, and domain events.
2. Core Patterns and Practices
- Pub/Sub pattern and its use cases.
- Queues, vs streams, vs pubsuc
- What is event sourcing?
3. Designing EDA Systems
- Importance of governance with event-driven architectures
- Building event-driven architectures
- Why event design is important
Who is This Book For?
- Developers and architects curious about event-driven systems.
- Developers and architects looking for bite size learnings
- Teams looking to adopt EDA and quickly upskill
About the Author
David Boyne is passionate about empowering others to understand and implement event-driven architectures. He dedicates his time to developing open-source tools, such as EventCatalog, which assist architects and developers in governing their event-driven systems effectively.
With over a decade of experience working with distributed systems, David brings a wealth of knowledge to the field. Previously, he worked at AWS, where he created technical content and delivered in-depth talks exploring the intricacies of event-driven architecture. His mission is to make this powerful architectural style accessible to all, enabling teams to design resilient and scalable systems.