Student Module Registration Flow Series using Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture

Last updated: 10:47 PM HKT, Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

Overview

Welcome to the comprehensive guide on building a robust student module registration system using microservices and event-driven architecture! This series explores the architecture, optimization, and security aspects to ensure scalability, resilience, and protection. Whether you're an architect, developer, or security enthusiast, these posts provide actionable insights and code samples.

Interconnected Themes

This series is designed as a trilogy, with each post building on the others:

• Architecture Foundation: Understand the five-layer structure and event-driven flow.

• Optimization Techniques: Enhance scalability and resilience with advanced patterns.

• Security Enhancements: Protect the system with secure session management and more.

Page Summaries

1. Student Module Registration Flow in Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture

• Focus: Introduces the five-layer architecture (Presentation, Microservices, Business Logic, Integration, Database) and the event-driven workflow for student module registration.

• Key Topics: Event bus setup, Saga patterns, and layer interactions.

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• Why It Matters: Provides the blueprint for the entire system, setting the stage for optimization and security.

2. Optimizing Event-Driven Workflows in Microservices: Patterns for Scalability and Resilience

• Focus: Dives into optimization patterns like event sourcing, choreography, consumer group scaling, and session management to handle high loads and ensure recovery.

• Key Topics: Code samples, diagrams, and a case study on a 10,000-user surge.

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• Why It Matters: Builds on the architecture by adding scalability and resilience, with practical implementations.

3. Enhancing Security in a Microservices-Based Student Module Registration System

• Focus: Addresses security challenges with JWT-based session management, mTLS, and access control, integrating with the optimized workflow.

• Key Topics: Security patterns, threat mitigation, and secure event handling.

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• Why It Matters: Secures the architecture and optimized system against attacks, completing the trilogy.

How They Connect

• The architecture post lays the foundation with the five-layer model and event-driven flow.

• The optimization post enhances this foundation with patterns like event sourcing and choreography, using code and diagrams to illustrate scalability.

• The security post protects the optimized system with secure session management and encryption, tying back to the initial architecture.

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