A microservices application is one that is composed of a series of discrete services, which communicate with one another via an API. Microservices apps are the opposite of monolithic applications. The ...

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Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Microservices oriented architecture is all the rage these days. Why not? It’s hard to ignore the ...

Designing our applications as small independent units is the first step towards building a modern infrastructure that is nimble, agile and scalable. Legacy systems still form the backbone of many ...

The idea behind microservices and a microservices architecture is relatively simple: hide all the complexities of hardware, operating systems, and different development toolkits behind a standard ...