Domain Driven Design: Concepts and Practices Training Course

Introduction

• Defining Domain Driven Design (DDD) and exploring its key benefits.
• Comparing DDD with alternative development approaches.
• An overview of core DDD concepts and project structures.

Tactical Domain-Driven Design

• Key elements that constitute a domain model.
• Implementation strategies for entities, value objects, aggregates, repositories, and domain services.
• Applying factories, specifications, CQRS, and event sourcing patterns.

Strategic Domain-Driven Design

• Exploring context map patterns.
• Designing domain models through event storming and domain storytelling.
• Identifying and categorizing subdomains.
• Establishing boundaries and inter-context relationships using bounded contexts.

DDD & Legacy Workshop

• Navigating the challenges and opportunities inherent in legacy systems.
• Analyzing legacy codebases using tools such as NDepend.
• Refactoring and modernizing legacy applications using techniques like the strangler pattern.

Product, Domain & Team-oriented Architecture

• Evaluating the benefits and complexities of product, domain, and team-centric architectures.
• Designing and implementing these structures using patterns such as microservices.
• Structuring team organization and collaboration workflows.
• Maintaining quality and consistency through automated testing and continuous integration.

Data Mesh – Domain-Oriented Data

• Addressing limitations of traditional data platforms.
• Introduction to the data mesh concept.
• Building domain-oriented data platforms that facilitate discovery, access, and governance.
• Integrating technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and GraphQL into data mesh architectures.

Summary and Next Steps