Vertical Slice Architecture

This course explains how to move from traditional layered architecture to vertical slices organized around individual requests and axes of change. It covers encapsulated queries and commands, validation, transactions, concurrency, retries, domain behavior, and integration testing.

Syllabus

Intro
Inmates and asylums . 4 screens
Traditional n-tier
Organizing by layer
Inmates blew up the asylum
Axes of change
Vertical slice Architecture
Move service methods to classes
Complete encapsulation
Modeling Queries
Parameterized Queries
Modeling Responses
Modeling outputs
Encapsulated Logic
Duplicate Query Logic
Modeling Commands
Modeling Command Responses
Command Handlers
Procedural Beginnings
Behavioral Smells
Push Behavior Down
validation Scopes
Request validation
Razor Pages
Transactions
Concurrency and Retries
Testing