Monolithic applications have high module interdependency as they are tightly coupled. The different modules utilize functionality in such an intramodule manner that even a single module failure brings the system down due to the cascading effect, which is very similar to dominoes falling. We all know that a user not getting results for a product search would be far less severe than the entire system coming down to its knees.
Decoupling using web services has been traditionally attempted at the architecture level. For database-level strategies, ACID has been relied upon for a long time. Let's examine both these points further.
- Web services: In the current monolithic application, customer experience is degraded due to this very ...
