What are microservices?
Some applications are easier to build and maintain when they are broken down into smaller services that work together. Each service is developed independently, and it has its own lifecycle. An application is made up of multiple such services. A microservice is a modular service that can be developed and deployed independently.
A microservices architecture is an approach to develop an application that is composed of smaller services. Each service runs in its own process and communicates with other processes over the network using HTTP/HTTPS, Messaging, WebSockets, or any TCP protocol. Each microservice implements a specific end-to-end domain or business capability within a bounded context, and each service is developed ...
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