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 ...

The microservices approach to building applications might seem strange at first. But it has proven itself to be a better alternative to the old monolithic beasts If you’ve never used a microservices ...

Microservice architecture is a paradigm that decomposes applications into a suite of small, independently deployable services, each responsible for a specific business function. This architectural ...

Microservices promise to help break down monolithic applications and enable the consistent delivery of services. But they can't do the job without help. This is where event-driven architecture (EDA) ...

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Until recently, businesses were run on monolithic applications developed as a single yet autonomous unit. A slight tweak to the monolithic application affects the whole process and slows it down. For ...

The idea of distributed, componentized applications goes back a long way. Most notoriously, it emerged in the form of the SOA (service-oriented architecture) trend that peaked eight yeas ago. Now, ...

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