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02 03 Event-Driven Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is an architectural pattern focused on the production, detection, and consumption of events, featuring components like event producers, consumers, and channels. It offers advantages such as scalability and responsiveness but also presents challenges like complexity and eventual consistency. EDA is particularly effective in applications requiring real-time processing, such as analytics, collaboration tools, and health monitoring systems.

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02 03 Event-Driven Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is an architectural pattern focused on the production, detection, and consumption of events, featuring components like event producers, consumers, and channels. It offers advantages such as scalability and responsiveness but also presents challenges like complexity and eventual consistency. EDA is particularly effective in applications requiring real-time processing, such as analytics, collaboration tools, and health monitoring systems.

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Event-Driven Architecture

What is Event-Driven Architecture?


Definition
• Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is an architectural pattern that orchestrates
behavior around the production, detection, and consumption of events.

Key Components
• Events: Signals that something notable has occurred.
• Event Producers: Entities that create events.
• Event Consumers: Entities that react to events.
• Event Channels: Queues or streams where events are stored temporarily.

Examples
• Event-driven architecture is particularly effective in situations where you need
high levels of scalability, responsiveness, and adaptability. Below are some
example applications where this architecture fits well:

1. Real-time Analytics Systems: To handle and analyze streaming data such as


social media mentions, clicks, or user behavior.
2. Collaboration Tools: For document editing by multiple users in real-time, or
features like real-time comment addition.
3. Health Monitoring Systems: To provide real-time monitoring of patient statistics
and alert medical staff in emergency situations.
4. Notification Services: To manage real-time, multi-channel notifications (like SMS,
Email, App Notifications) based on user actions or system events.
5. Network Monitoring: To detect unusual patterns or potential security threats in
network activity.

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Advantages
• Scalability: Can easily handle a large number of events and adapt to the
workload.
• Decoupling: Producers and consumers don't need to know about each other.
• Responsiveness: Enables real-time updates and responsiveness.
• Flexibility: Allows for easier changes and extensions to the system.

Disadvantages
• Complexity: Managing and debugging can be challenging.
• Eventual Consistency: Might not be suitable for operations that require immediate
consistency.
• Potential for Failed Events: Handling of event failures can be tricky.

Comparing with Other Architectures


Hexagonal Architecture
• Decoupling: Both Hexagonal and Event-Driven architectures prioritize decoupling
but in different ways.
o Hexagonal focuses on decoupling the core business logic from the
interfaces and databases.
o Event-Driven decouples producers and consumers, allowing them to
operate independently.
• Flexibility:
o Hexagonal makes it easier to change databases, libraries, or UI
frameworks without touching the core logic.
o Event-Driven provides flexibility by allowing new types of consumers to be
easily added or removed without affecting the producers.
• Communication:
o Hexagonal typically uses direct calls (synchronous or asynchronous)
through well-defined ports.
o Event-Driven relies on events, which are usually passed through event
channels (message queues or streams), allowing for asynchronous
communication.

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Microservices Architecture
• Scaling:
o Both architectures are built for scalability but differ in approach.
o Microservices scale by deploying more instances of each service, whereas
Event-Driven scales by handling more events either by adding more
consumers or optimizing channels.
• Complexity:
o Microservices can lead to complexity in managing and coordinating
multiple services.
o Event-Driven architectures also add complexity but mainly in managing
events, their sequence, and eventual consistency.
• Data Consistency:
o Microservices often face challenges in maintaining data consistency across
services, generally solved by techniques like sagas or two-phase commit.
o Event-Driven architectures naturally lean towards eventual consistency,
making it a better fit for systems where immediate consistency is not a
strict requirement.
• EDA can be used in conjunction with other architectures for specific use-cases.

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