1 Microservices at a glance
This chapter covers
- Understanding microservices and their core characteristics
- Examining the benefits and drawbacks of microservices
- An example of microservices working in concert to serve a user request
- Using ASP.NET for a simple application
In this chapter, I’ll explain what microservices are and demonstrate why they’re interesting. We’ll also look at the six characteristics of a microservice. Finally, I’ll introduce you to the most important technologies we’ll use in this book: ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC.
1.1 What is a microservice?
A microservice is a service with one, and only one, very narrowly focused capability that a remote API exposes to the rest of the system. For example, think of a system for managing a ...
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