Command and Query Responsibility Segregation Cameron Fletcher

Agenda  What is CQRS?  A look at a system that uses CQRS  What have we just seen?  Why would anybody ever do this?

What is CQRS?

Command and Query Responsibility Segregation CQRS is simply the creation of two objects where there was previously only one. The separation occurs based upon whether the methods are a command or a query.

DenormalizerApplication Fully Consistent Data Store Eventually Consistent Data Store Command ServiceQuery Service Client

A Look at a System that uses CQRS

What Have We Just Seen?

Architecture  Domain  Application  Fully Consistent Write Model  Denormalizer  Eventually Consistent Read Model  Command and Query Services  Task Based User Interface

Putting Things into Context

Why Would I Ever Do This?

Advantages  Performance and Scalability  Separation of Concerns  Reduced Complexity of Domain  Ability to Parallelize Development  Highly Decoupled  Increased Testability  Easier to Adapt to Change

Disadvantages  Increased Complexity of Architecture  Learning Curve for Developers  Fear of Change

When Not To Use CQRS (In This Way)  Lack of Requirements  No Domain to Work With  If the Benefit isn’t Worth It  When it’s not Useful  On a System as a Whole  Not Just for Scalability  Legacy Systems

Summary

Questions?