The Elephant Migration AntiPattern (newly coined in a recent online training) is a migration anti-pattern that occurs when moving from a monolithic architecture over to microservices. It gets its name from the famous riddle “how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!”. In this lesson Mark Richards describes this anti-pattern and how it occurs, and shows ways of avoiding this anti pattern using three free tools.
Reference Links:
X-Ray (Eclipse Plug-in):
http://xray.inf.usi.ch/xray.php
https://www.developertoarchitect.com/downloads/XRay.zip
Sonargraph-Explorer:
http://www.hello2morrow.com/products/sonargraph
Code City:
http://www.inf.usi.ch/phd/wettel/codecity.html
https://www.developertoarchitect.com/downloads/iplasma.zip
Software Architecture Monday: https://bit.ly/3dadEe3
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: https://amzn.to/3rgFLjY
Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: https://amzn.to/3BjMMF2