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> **IMPORTANT:** The current state of this sample application is **BETA**, consider it version a 0.1 foundational version, therefore, many areas could be improved and change significantly while refactoring current code and implementing new features. **Feedback with improvements and pull requests from the community will be highly appreciated and accepted.**
> **IMPORTANT:** The current state of this sample application is **BETA**, consider it version a 0.1 foundational version, therefore, many areas could be improved and change significantly while refactoring current code and implementing new features. **Feedback with improvements and pull requests from the community will be highly appreciated and accepted.**
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> This reference application proposes a simplified microservice oriented architecture implementation to introduce technologies like .NET Core with Docker containers through a comprehensive application. The chosen domain is an eShop/eCommerce but simply because it is a well-know domain by most people/developers.
However, this sample application should not be considered as an "eCommerce reference model", at all. The implemented business domain might not be ideal from an eCommerce business point of view. It is neither trying to solve all the problems in a large, scalable and mission-critical distributed system. It is just a bootstrap for developers to easily get started in the world of Docker containers and microservices with .NET Core.
> <p>For example, the next step (still not covered in eShopOnContainers) after understanding Docker containers and microservices development with .NET Core, is to select a microservice cluster/orchestrator like Docker Swarm, Kubernetes or DC/OS (in Azure Container Service) or Azure Service Fabric which in most of the cases will require additional partial changes to your application's configuration (although the present architecture should work on most orchestrators with small changes).
However, this sample application should not be considered as an "eCommerce reference model", at all. The implemented business domain might not be ideal from an eCommerce business point of view. It is neither trying to solve all the problems in a large, scalable and mission-critical distributed system. It is just a bootstrap for developers to easily get started in the world of Docker containers and microservices with .NET Core.
> <p>For example, the next step (still not covered in eShopOnContainers) after understanding Docker containers and microservices development with .NET Core, is to select a microservice cluster/orchestrator like Docker Swarm, Kubernetes or DC/OS (in Azure Container Service) or Azure Service Fabric which in most of the cases will require additional partial changes to your application's configuration (although the present architecture should work on most orchestrators with small changes).
> Additional steps would be to move your databases to HA cloud services, or to implement your EventBus with Azure Service Bus or any other production ready Service Bus in the market.
> <p> In the future we might fork this project and make multiple versions targeting specific microservice cluster/orchestrators plus using additional cloud infrastructure. <p>
> Read the planned <ahref='https://github.com/dotnet/eShopOnContainers/wiki/01.-Roadmap-and-Milestones-for-future-releases'>Roadmap and Milestones for future releases of eShopOnContainers</a> within the Wiki for further info about possible new implementations and provide feedback at the <ahref='https://github.com/dotnet/eShopOnContainers/issues'>ISSUES section</a> if you'd like to see any specific scenario implemented or improved. Also, feel free to discuss on any current issue.
**Architecture overview**: This reference application is cross-platform either at the server and client side, thanks to .NET Core services capable of running on Linux or Windows containers depending on your Docker host, and to Xamarin for mobile apps running on Android, iOS or Windows/UWP plus any browser for the client web apps.
The architecture proposes a simplified microservice oriented architecture implementation with multiple autonomous microservices (each one owning its own data/db) and implementing different approaches within each microservice (simple CRUD vs. DDD/CQRS patterns) using Http as the current communication protocol.
**Architecture overview**: This reference application is cross-platform either at the server and client side, thanks to .NET Core services capable of running on Linux or Windows containers depending on your Docker host, and to Xamarin for mobile apps running on Android, iOS or Windows/UWP plus any browser for the client web apps.
The architecture proposes a simplified microservice oriented architecture implementation with multiple autonomous microservices (each one owning its own data/db) and implementing different approaches within each microservice (simple CRUD vs. DDD/CQRS patterns) using Http as the current communication protocol.
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It also supports asynchronous communication for data updates propagation across multiple services based on Integration Events and an Event Bus plus other features defined at the <ahref='https://github.com/dotnet/eShopOnContainers/wiki/01.-Roadmap-and-Milestones-for-future-releases'>roadmap</a>.
It also supports asynchronous communication for data updates propagation across multiple services based on Integration Events and an Event Bus plus other features defined at the <ahref='https://github.com/dotnet/eShopOnContainers/wiki/01.-Roadmap-and-Milestones-for-future-releases'>roadmap</a>.
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<b>*MVC Application (ASP.NET Core)*</b>: Its an MVC application where you can find interesting scenarios on how to consume HTTP-based microservices from C# running in the server side, as it is a typical ASP.NET Core MVC application. Since it is a server-side application, access to other containers/microservices is done within the internal Docker Host network with its internal name resolution.
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<b>*SPA (Single Page Application)*</b>: Providing similar "eShop business functionality" but developed with Angular 2, Typescript and slightly using ASP.NET Core MVC. This is another approach for client web applications to be used when you want to have a more modern client behavior which is not behaving with the typical browser round-trip on every action but behaving like a Single-Page-Application which is more similar to a desktop app usage experience. The consumption of the HTTP-based microservices is done from TypeScript/JavaScript in the client browser, so the client calls to the microservices come from out of the Docker Host internal network (Like from your network or even from the Internet).
<b>*SPA (Single Page Application)*</b>: Providing similar "eShop business functionality" but developed with Angular 2, Typescript and slightly using ASP.NET Core MVC. This is another approach for client web applications to be used when you want to have a more modern client behavior which is not behaving with the typical browser round-trip on every action but behaving like a Single-Page-Application which is more similar to a desktop app usage experience. The consumption of the HTTP-based microservices is done from TypeScript/JavaScript in the client browser, so the client calls to the microservices come from out of the Docker Host internal network (Like from your network or even from the Internet).
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<b>*Xamarin Mobile App (For iOS, Android and Windows/UWP)*</b>: It is a client mobile app supporting the most common mobile OS platforms (iOS, Android and Windows/UWP). In this case, the consumption of the microservices is done from C# but running on the client devices, so out of the Docker Host internal network (Like from your network or even the Internet).
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> Most of the development and testing of this project was (as of early March 2017) done <b> on Docker Linux containers</b> running in development machines with "Docker for Windows" and the default Hyper-V Linux VM (MobiLinuxVM) installed by "Docker for Windows".
> Most of the development and testing of this project was (as of early March 2017) done <b> on Docker Linux containers</b> running in development machines with "Docker for Windows" and the default Hyper-V Linux VM (MobiLinuxVM) installed by "Docker for Windows".
The <b>Windows Containers scenario is currently being implemented/tested yet</b>. The application should be able to run on Windows Nano Containers based on different Docker base images, as well, as the .NET Core services have also been tested running on plain Windows (with no Docker).
The app was also partially tested on "Docker for Mac" using a development MacOS machine with .NET Core and VS Code installed, which is still a scenario using Linux containers running on the VM setup in the Mac by the "Docker for Windows" setup. But further testing and feedback on Mac environments and Windows Containers, from the community, will be appreciated.
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