Chapter 1. What are Microservices?

Good projects need good solutions; this is why developers are always looking for better ways to do their jobs. There is no best solution for all projects because every single project has different needs and the architect (or the developer) has to find the best solution for that specific project.

Microservices are maybe a good approach to solve problems; in the last few years, companies such as Netflix, PayPal, eBay, Amazon, and Spotify have chosen to use microservices in their own development teams because they believed them to be the best solution for their projects. To understand why they chose microservices and understand the kinds of projects you should use them in, it is necessary to know what a microservice ...

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