What are microservices?The downsides of microservices, some gotchas experienced by microservices, and how they can be overcome and avoidedComparison between microservices and monolithsThe design process for building successful microservicesThe application life cycle management (ALM) of microservicesMicroservice architecture patternsService registration and discoveryService discoveryService registrationContainerization and orchestration of microservicesContainerizationOrchestrationServerlessAPI gatewaysEvent-driven communicationService resilience and fault toleranceService monitoring and observabilityService monitoringObservabilitySecurityCI/CDMicroservice testingScaling microservicesVersioning and compatibilityMicroservices best practices and anti-patternsMicroservices best practicesMicroservices anti-patternsCase studies and real-world examplesSummaryQuestionsFurther reading