Concepts of Distributed Systems (Part 1)

What ARE distributed systems?

What Are Distributed Systems?

There are lots of different definitions you can find for distributed systems. For example, Wikipedia defines distributed systems as:

"A distributed system is a system whose components are located on different networked computers, which communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages to one another. The components interact with one another in order to achieve a common goal."

Similarly, Technopedia defines distributed systems as

Refactoring With Types

Learn more about refactoring with types in Java

In this post, we will look at some refactoring techniques using types. Types can be used to represent the domain in a fine-grained, well-defined way. Additionally, types can be used to incorporate business rules in a manner that ensures code correctness. This enables us to write simple and elegant unit tests to ensure code correctness.

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Refactoring With Types

Recently, while reviewing code, I came across the following class: