Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: While the decomposition of monolithic applications into microservices has been widely studied, most existing approaches stop at architectural analysis or service identification, offering little support for the actual generation and deployment of microservices. This creates a gap between design and implementation, often requiring significant manual effort from developers. It also limits researchers, who lack practical tools to test and experiment with new decomposition strategies in real-world scenarios. To address these challenges, we present JS-Distributor, a tool that automates the transformation of monolithic JavaScript applications into microservices. JS-Distributor generates much of the required boilerplate code for Node.js, including server setup and inter-service communication code, supporting both HTTP APIs and asynchronous messaging systems. By bridging the gap between decomposition and deployment, the tool enables rapid experimentation with different microservice architectures. We evaluated JS-Distributor using a benchmark system commonly adopted in microservice research, successfully distributing the original monolith into functional microservices while preserving its original logic. Demo video: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15477214
Authors: Guilherme Salvador Escher, Maurício Gallera de Almeida, João Vitor Fidelis Cardozo, Romeu Leite, Ivan Capeli Navas, Vinicius Nordi Esperança, Daniel Lucrédio
Institution: Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7085834093