Our next Houston MuleSoft Meetup - Thursday, Februrary 24th, 11:30am to 1:00pm. Mike Saleme: New platform announcements Charels Li: "Application Architecture - Demystify concepts and practices"

1. February 24, 2022
Houston MuleSoft Meetup Group
Meetup #16
New Anypoint Capabilities
A Brief History of Application Architecture; Demystify
concepts and practices

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● Introductions and Community News
● Anypoint Platform News
- Michael Saleme, Principal Client Solutions Engineer, MuleSoft
- Jim Andrews, Principal, Slalom
● A Brief History of Application Architecture; Demystify concepts and practices
- Charles Li, Distinguished Solution Engineer, MuleSoft
● Prizes and Networking time
Agenda
A SHOW OF HANDS:
Who is new to this Meetup?

3. Community News & Introductions

4. ● Principal Client Solution Engineer @ MuleSoft
● MuleSoft SME/Architect
● MuleSoft Certifications:
○ Developer Mule 4
○ Platform Architect
○ Integration Architect
Speaker
Stay in touch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesaleme/
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Michael Saleme

5. ● 7 years as Senior Technical Architect in MuleSoft Services.
● 3 months ago became a MuleSoft Distinguished Solution Engineer.
● 22 years as a Senior Solution Architect in enterprise integration, APIs,
complex event processing, service-oriented architecture, business process
management, and distributed systems.
● Led technical design and implementation on customer projects at 60+
enterprise customers in ~20 industries, mostly S&P 500 companies.
● Knowledgeable in how to approach complicated business problems with
pragmatic technical solutions.
● Worked with almost all major consulting firms as partners on customer
engagement projects, including onsite, near-shore and off-shore teams.
● MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect; MuleSoft Certified Platform
Architect; MuleSoft Certified Developer; Certified Enterprise Java Architect
and Java Programmer; TIBCO Certified Professional.
Speaker
Stay in touch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/licharles/
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Charles Li

6. ● Integration SME living in Sugar Land, Texas
● MuleSoft Mentor, first cohort
● MuleSoft Meetup Leader for Houston, Texas
● MuleSoft Certifications:
○ Developer Mule 4
○ Integration Architect
○ Platform Architect
● MuleSoft Principal @ Slalom
Organizer – Jim Andrews
Stay in touch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdaconsulting/
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10. Universal API
Management on Anypoint
Platform
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The next evolution of API
management, opening the
scope of full lifecycle
management capabilities to
APIs that are built and deployed
anywhere.

11. Accelerate application delivery
Compose services using any API across the enterprise - built by
any team, on any platform
Implement any architecture
Manage and secure any service at scale — from monolith to
microservice
Operate in any environment
Deploy and monitor your services across any cloud or
environment with a consistent experience
MuleSoft’s flexible platform for all APIs, anywhere
Introducing:
Universal API Management on Anypoint Platform

12. Manage any service with Anypoint Flex Gateway Extend Anypoint Platform to all
APIs
● Manage any service - no matter
the size, language, or cloud - with
one flexible gateway
Secure any API running anywhere
● Ensure APIs are deployed
securely with automated policy
management
Build responsive experiences
● Reduce application response
times and lower cost with high
performance on a small footprint
Currently in Beta
Expected in H1 2022
Flex Gateway
Microservices, Distributed API, Dedicated Gateways
AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Containerized K8s, On-prem
New
Anypoint Platform
Manage Secure Monitor
Discover
https://www.mulesoft.com/platform/api/flex-api-gateway

13. PRIVATE BETA: Autocatalog any API using CI/CD
Make cataloging a part of your
development lifecycle
● Automatically discover APIs in any
environment using CI/CD pipelines
● Extract relevant API metadata and
documentation to improve
standardization and discoverability
Currently in beta
Expected GA in H1 2022

14. Keep your consumer updated on
changes
● Publish and automatically
notify consumers on new
versions
● Allow consumers to
subscribe to notifications on
APIs
Promote your API products
● Get feedback from your
consumers with likes and
ratings
● Empower your consumers
to connect, discuss and
provide feedback
Improve engagement in API Community Manager
Expected in H1 2022

15. Operationalize your API Governance Govern APIs to standard quality and
security
● Define checks for APIs per industry
regulations and internal standards
● Apply governance rules across all
APIs — Mule or non-Mule —
consistently
Empower developers to maintain
speed and compliance
● Catalog governance rules within
Anypoint Exchange to share with
other developers
● Seamlessly validate compliance
during development in Design
Center
Expected GA in H1 2022
Anypoint API Governance
https://www.mulesoft.com/platform/api/governance-anypoint

16. LAUNCHED: Design and discover event-driven APIs
Scale the adoption of event-
driven architectures
● Design event-driven APIs
using AsyncAPI specification
to unlock key events
● Democratize access to
events by exposing in a
unified catalog side by side
with REST APIs
Available now
Design using AsyncAPI
specification in API
Designer
Catalog and discover
Event-driven APIs in
Exchange

17. MuleSoft
Composer
for Salesforce
Salesforce UI
Primary target:
Salesforce customers w/o Specialist IT
Salesforce customers w/ Anypoint
Now Available!
MuleSoft
Composer
MuleSoft UI
Primary targets:
All Anypoint customers and prospects
Tableau customers and prospects
Other market segments w/o IT
(opportunistic)
Now Available!
MuleSoft
Composer
With Anypoint
capabilities
Primary targets:
All Anypoint customers and prospects
Tableau customers and prospects
H1 2022
MuleSoft Composer

18. Thank you!
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19. A Brief History of Application
Architecture:
Demystify concepts and practices
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20. All contents © MuleSoft Inc.
Demystify concepts and practices
Charles Li,
Distinguished Solution Engineer, MuleSoft, a Salesforce company
02/24/2022
A Brief History of Application Architecture

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Background and Agenda
Review a brief history of IT application architecture, in order to:
• put current architecture view(s) in perspective.
• clarify/demystify basic but important concepts.
• understand the deep thoughts and rationale behind guiding
principles.

22. All contents © MuleSoft Inc.
A Brief History of IT Application Architecture
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

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A Brief History of IT Application Architecture – 1980’s
• In the 1970‘s, the mainframe system was absolutely dominant in business operations. Its main feature was that the
operation processes and data were highly concentrated on a single machine, focusing on the automation of business
functions. However, such a system is expensive, uses proprietary and obsoleting technologies, and was absolutely
unfriendly to users and developers.
• In the 1980s, with the popularity of personal computers and local area networks, users in various business departments
began to use personal computers to process text and charts, instead of relying too much on mainframes in the IT
department. From here, business processes and logic originally concentrated on the mainframe began to be gradually
dispersed into personal computers and servers, laying the groundwork for future system integration requirements.
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

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A Brief History of IT Application Architecture – 1990’s
• In 1993, object-oriented paradigm emerged and quickly became the mainstream of architecture and methodology.
• In the 1990’s, with the popularity of network technologies and Internet, corporate information and resources further
spread to everywhere in an enterprise, and even beyond the enterprise boundary to customers and partner. This
resulted in difficulties in resource sharing, centralized monitoring and corporate learning. Executives realized that
systems and data need to be integrated.
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

25. All contents © MuleSoft Inc.
A Brief History of IT Application Architecture – 2000’s
• At the turn of the century, enterprises became much larger and globalized. The interactions among companies with
customers, partners, suppliers, distributors and employees became more frequent.
• Executives focused on data sharing and how to make corresponding strategic decisions based on timely and accurate
data.
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

26. All contents © MuleSoft Inc.
A Brief History of IT Application Architecture – 2015
• After 2010, executives still cared about data sharing and data-based strategic decisions. However, the standardization of
enterprise resources and services became the focus, and corresponding changes needed in organizational structure of
the enterprise.
• Explosive adoption of cloud platform, IoT, mobile, and big data technology leads to REST architecture style and API-led
methodology.
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

27. All contents © MuleSoft Inc.
A Brief History of IT Application Architecture – 2020
• Now we are starting 2020’s: the vision of Application Network in response to digital transformation and innovation.
• C4E - the focus of the IT department becomes rapid response to changes. This trend requires architects to have a
broader vision, a deeper understanding of IT technologies and enterprise business, and more active participation in
enterprise business decision-making processes.
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

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Where we are – an Example
How do we get from where we are to where we should be?
• The key is our mindset, not just what software tools we buy.
• The tools should be used in alignment with the new mindset.
• We should focus on our business problems.
1990
2010
2020
2000
Object-oriented
paradigm
Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOAP Services
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Event-driven Architecture (EDA)
Common Data Model (CDM)
RESTful architecture
REST APIs
Digital transformation
Innovation
Enablement
Better user experience(UX)
Our system
is here We should
be here
Our mindset
is here
1980
Monolithic
applications,
proprietary
technologies
Siloed applications
Information islands

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What is a REST API?
A function of time
R = f (t)
Resource
（Physical/Logical）
Resource State
API
API is composed of multiple resource
states and resource links.
Resource Link
Resource state is
the value of
resource at a
moment
R0 = f (t0)
Resource Link only
points to relevant
attributes in the
resource state.
API
Proxy
App
API
Impl
Policies
Analytic
s
API Anatomy
Backend
https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/
dissertation/top.htm

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API-led Connectivity

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Biz assets/Enablement
Biz Models & Processes
UX & Biz Transformation
API-led Connectivity – Another View

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The REST Architecture

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Application REST Architecture

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Definition Layer
Implementation Layer
Enablement
The Two-layer Architecture
Innovation

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Summary
• REST is not an alternative to SOAP/Webservices.
• REST is a totally new architecture style.
• Model your REST architecture after business.
• Think about enablement and innovation.

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