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9. Microservices

Engy Fouda1  
(1)
Hopewell Junction, NY, USA
 

In this chapter, we will learn about how Docker is boosting the microservices architecture vs. the monolithic one. We will discuss the road map of containerizing an app and how to switch from monolithic to microservices. This road map is generic, regardless of the programming language used. To demonstrate that, we will have three examples for three different programming languages.

Therefore, the chapter will cover the following topics:
  • Microservices vs. monolithic

  • Process of containerizing an ...

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