© Cloves Carneiro Jr. and Tim Schmelmer 2016

Cloves Carneiro Jr. and Tim Schmelmer, Microservices From Day One, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1937-9_1

1. Microservices: The What and the Why

Cloves CarneiroJr. and Tim Schmelmer2

(1)Hollywood, Florida, USA

(2)Broomfield, Colorado, USA

This first part of the book discusses what we mean when we talk about service-oriented architectures in general, and microservices in particular. We will spend some time explaining the benefits, as well as touching on potential pitfalls to be avoided, involved in adopting this architectural style.

In this chapter, we begin by showing the relevance of taking the microservices approach. After defining some general terms like service, service-oriented architecture, and microservices ...

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