Event Notification vs Event-Carried State Transfer — Roadmap Step & R…
Thin 'something happened' events vs events that carry the full changed state
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Architecture
Before this step
Interview questions
- What are the trade-offs of event-carried state transfer vs thin event notifications?
Study resources
- What do you mean by Event-Driven? (Article) — Fowler's article explicitly distinguishes event notification from event-carried state transfer.
- Event-Carried State Transfer Explained (Video) — Covers the trade-offs of thin event notifications vs state-carrying events.
Part of
- Event-Driven & Reactive Architecture — section
- System Architecture roadmap — the full learning path