Category Archives: Enterprise Integration

REST API Design – A Beginner’s Reading List

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Ben

There’s no better place to start than Steve Yegge’s post, where he dicusses the Jeff Bezos memo that kicked off the service architecture revolution at Amazon: https://plus.google.com/+RipRowan/posts/eVeouesvaVX The RESTful cookbook is a your next stop – an easy to digest … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Integration Projects – How do I know when I’m done?

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Graham

Being responsible for a large enterprise integration project brings with it an ominous set of challenges. If you’re project managing such an endeavour then you need to have a constant mind on how you can prove that your integration pieces … Continue reading →

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The Tyrant System

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Ben

It’s time to name something in the enterprise integration landscape: the tyrant system. The tyrant system is where your project dreams go to die. The tyrant system does not answer to anyone. The tyrant system has releases once in a … Continue reading →

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10 Questions To Ask About An API

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Ben

The presence of an API in the systems we were buying or building used to be a nice feature to have. It would be appreciated by those trying to write management reports, but it would not be foremost in the … Continue reading →

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10 Things You’ll Do On Every Messaging Project – Designing an Adapter Framework

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Ben

This is the second in our series on life on an enteprise messaging project. This time we will be discussing that adapter framework you noticed appearing in the development team’s conversations. There’s no line for it on the project plan, … Continue reading →

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Ten Things You’ll Do On Every Messaging Project – Intro

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Ben

So you’ve read Enterprise Patterns, and understood at least half of it. You’ve either finally got Eclipse working, or downloaded last week’s service pack for Visual Studio. You’re ready to write your first enterprise messaging solution – but what’s it … Continue reading →

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