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# Real-World Examples

Production-ready patterns and complete application examples.

## Available Examples

- [API Gateway with Backend Services](api-gateway.md) - Complete multi-service architecture with users, orders, and products services
- [Graceful Shutdown](graceful-shutdown.md) - Production-ready shutdown patterns with Kubernetes integration

## Coming Soon

We're actively working on additional real-world examples. Contributions are welcome!

**Complete Applications**
- Event-Driven Microservices - Pub/sub patterns
- CQRS Pattern - Command Query Responsibility Segregation
- Saga Pattern - Distributed transactions

**Production Patterns**
- Health Checks and Readiness
- Retry and Circuit Breaking
- Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry
- Structured Logging
- Metrics and Monitoring

**Testing Strategies**
- Unit Testing Services
- Integration Testing
- Contract Testing
- Load Testing

**Deployment**
- Kubernetes Deployment
- Docker Compose Setup
- CI/CD Pipeline Examples
- Blue-Green Deployment

**Integration Examples**
- PostgreSQL with Transactions
- Redis Caching Strategies
- Message Queue Integration
- External API Integration

Each example will include:
- Complete, runnable code
- Configuration for development and production
- Testing approach
- Common pitfalls and solutions

Want to contribute? See our [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../../../CONTRIBUTING.md) guide.