Introduction to Microservices – The New Stack

The microservice architectural style represents a shift in how software is structured and developed, emphasizing a modular approach where a single application is divided into small, independently deployable services. Each service is focused on performing a specific business function, runs in its own process, and communicates with other services via well-defined APIs, typically a lightweight mechanism such as an HTTP resource API. This approach contrasts with monolithic architectures, which are deployed as a single entity and have a tendency…