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MuleSoft - what it does

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In this article we are going to Learn WHAT IS MULESOFT


Mulesoft plays a major role on sharing data between applications companies today use hundreds of different systems

CRM
ERP’S
Databases
Websites
Mobile Apps
IOT’S
E-mails
Storage Drives

And none of them speak the same language right!

So here comes the Mulesoft it closes the bridge that allows these systems to talk to each other smoothly


Different Types of Data Mulesoft handles

Every company and every application uses different formats

XML
JSON
HTML
CSV
TXT
multipart form
YAML
URL Encoded

manually converting between these formats is painful

So this where Mulesoft steps in

DATAWEAVE Mulesoft’s Transformation Engine

Mulesoft uses a language called Dataweave (DWL) to transform data between any format

It has

  • 100+ built in functions

  • Multiple modules (String,Arrays,Dates,object etc)

  • High performance

  • simple syntax

Its the biggest flex of Mulesoft because it makes data transformation super easy


How Mulesoft works internally lets see it step by step

Mulesoft act as a middleware - sitting between systems and handling integration flows

Here what you can do with the Mulesoft

  1. Design the API blueprint

    • Using RAML in the DESIGN CENTER
  2. Publish It to Exchange

    • Teams can discover and re-use the API’S
  3. Build the Elephant (Mule App)

    • Add connectors, flows and transformations using Dataweave
  4. Deploy to Cloudhub

    • Run your Mule apps in the cloud
  5. Apply policies

    • Add security Features like OAUTH, Rate Limiting, Client ID Enforcement
  6. Monitor the API

    • Track performance and logs using Anypoint Monitoring

All these features are available inside Anypoint platform - Mulesoft’s complete integration platform


Let’s see why Mulesoft Matters to companies

companies don’t want

  • Manual data transfers

  • custom code everywhere

  • Systems that can’t talk to each other

  • Delays in customer data syncing

Mulesoft solves all of this by providing:

  • Faster Integrations

  • seamless data sharing

  • Scalable API Architecture

  • Centralized monitoring & governance

  • Reusablity through API-led design

This is why Mulesoft is one of the TOP integration platforms in the world

Mulesoft

Part 1 of 1

In this series I am going share & document My Mule learning journey from scratch