From bb31c3f15ec3f7a0bfee14566fdb151b0a53e12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ahmet Alp Balkan Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:37:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a603b4c..4fa00fe 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ This project contains a 10-tier microservices application. The application is a web-based e-commerce app called **“Hipster Shop”** where users can browse items, add them to the cart, and purchase them. -**Google uses this application to demonstrate Kubernetes, GKE, Istio, -Stackdriver, gRPC, OpenCensus** and similar cloud-native technologies. +**Google uses this application to demonstrate use of technologies like +Kubernetes/GKE, Istio, Stackdriver, gRPC and OpenCensus**. The demo app works +both locally on your machine, as well as a Kubernetes cluster on Google Cloud +Platform. It’s **easy to deploy with little to no configuration**. -> **Note to Googlers:** Please fill out the form at +If you’re using this demo, please **★Star** this repository to show your interest! + +> 👓**Note to Googlers:** Please fill out the form at [go/microservices-demo](http://go/microservices-demo) if you are using this application. - ## Screenshots | Home Page | Checkout Screen | @@ -34,9 +37,9 @@ Find **Protocol Buffers Descriptions** at the [`./pb` directory](./pb). | [cartservice](./src/cartservice) | C# | Stores the items in the user's shipping cart in Redis and retrieves it. | | [productcatalogservice](./src/productcatalogservice) | Go | Provides the list of products from a JSON file and ability to search products and get individual products. | | [currencyservice](./src/currencyservice) | Node.js | Converts one money amount to another currency. Uses real values fetched from European Central Bank. It's the highest QPS service. | -| [paymentservice](./src/paymentservice) | Node.js | Charges the given credit card info (hypothetically😇) with the given amount and returns a transaction ID. | -| [shippingservice](./src/shippingservice) | Go | Gives shipping cost estimates based on the shopping cart. Ships items to the given address (hypothetically😇) | -| [emailservice](./src/emailservice) | Python | Sends users an order confirmation email (hypothetically😇). | +| [paymentservice](./src/paymentservice) | Node.js | Charges the given credit card info (mock) with the given amount and returns a transaction ID. | +| [shippingservice](./src/shippingservice) | Go | Gives shipping cost estimates based on the shopping cart. Ships items to the given address (mock) | +| [emailservice](./src/emailservice) | Python | Sends users an order confirmation email (mock). | | [checkoutservice](./src/checkoutservice) | Go | Retrieves user cart, prepares order and orchestrates the payment, shipping and the email notification. | | [recommendationservice](./src/recommendationservice) | Python | Recommends other products based on what's given in the cart. | | [adservice](./src/adservice) | Java | Provides text ads based on given context words. | @@ -220,4 +223,4 @@ Find **Protocol Buffers Descriptions** at the [`./pb` directory](./pb). --- -This is not an official Google project. \ No newline at end of file +This is not an official Google project.