Get On The Bus!

When learning about distributed application architecture, you have probably read about an Enterprise Service Bus, ESB, or message bus. And it's likely that the words "advanced, complex, or proceed with caution" were nearby. However, modern service buses are approachable, lightweight, and powerful, making it easier to build reliable and maintainable applications with only a working knowledge of messaging and asynchronous processing.

In this session, I will show you how to use an open-source service bus MassTransit (http://masstransit-project.com/) to build services that communicate via RabbitMQ and MSMQ. In addition to service, I will demonstrate how to build web applications that leverage back-end services via asynchronous messaging, resulting in more reliable and scalable web sites.

The speaker

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/3/d/c/event_220937372.jpegChris Patterson is a senior architect for RelayHealth in Emeryville, CA, the connectivity business of the nation's leading healthcare services company. There he is responsible for the architecture and development of applications and services that accelerate care delivery by connecting patients, providers, pharmacies, and financial institutions. Previously, he led the development of a new content delivery platform for TV Guide, enabling the launch of a new entertainment network seen on thousands of cable television systems.

In his spare time, Chris is an active open-source developer and the primary contributor to multiple projects including MassTransit, a .NET service bus, and Topshelf, a windows service hosting framework. In 2012, he received his fourth consecutive Visual C# MVP award by Microsoft for his technical community contributions. You can find him on Twitter as @PhatBoyG (https://twitter.com/PhatBoyG).

Agenda

6:00 doors open (pizza and drinks)
6:10 - 6:20 Lightning talks
6:30 announcements
6:45 - 8:15 presentation
8:15 - 8:30 raffle